The formidably complex fugue is composed with such audacious confidence that it can't help smirking.

Momentarily, the workers broadcast a complex fugue of anxiety that Uthacalthing could almost taste with his corona.

Another piece was a water fountain installation in which drops of water, timed in complex rhythmic fugues, dripped into glass receptacles.

A compendium of contrapuntal techniques demonstrated in 20 increasingly complex fugues and canons, the work was conceived more as a valedictory than as a performance piece.

Ms. Tharp's "Fugue" sends three women stamping through contrapuntal sequences that seem more related to musical canons than to complex fugues.

This is because BWV 532 features a lengthy, complex, self-contained fugue preceded by a multisectional prelude.

He wrote complex fugues, ornate operatic arias, galant-style dances, baroque recitatives, Palestrina-like chorales, and virtuosic concertos.

For example his large-scale set of symphonic variations Yosef ve'Ehav ('Joseph and his Brethren', 1939) are dominated by strict contrapuntal devices which include complex fugues.

And Ms. Walsh brings unflagging stamina and bravura to the finale, an onrushing, stunningly complex fugue with a hellbent coda.