1.  And Andreas Haefliger was nicely crisp, quick-witted and resonant in the solo piano part.

2.  Anne-Sophie Mutter played the difficult solo parts with poise and rectitude, even though the rectitude functioned on a larger scale than usual.

3.  Both the Tchaikovsky and the Rachmaninoff contain very difficult piano solo parts, accompanied by thick orchestrations.

4.  In addition to both solo parts in the Double Concerto for harpsichord and piano, she has played the Piano Concerto and all the chamber works with piano.

5.  Ilana Vered tossed off a splashy, crude, overpedaled account of the solo part.

6.  John Wion played the solo part with plaintive tone and elegance.

7.  Jan Gippo played the solo part with command, but it was all rather trivial.

8.  Nine singers took the solo parts and made up the chorus, and two actors, Satara Lester and Patrick Cremin, metamorphosed into a variety of characters.

9.  Tan could not have asked for a more involved performance from the players, and especially from the soprano Susan Botti, who vanquished the wide-ranging solo part.

10.  That its solo part seemed fiendishly difficult to play only increased its appeal.