"Pien," using the biggest ensemble, continues the idea of many separatenesses arranged into a composite.

But perhaps more importantly, a big ensemble conjures up the intense, rocking energy now most often found in pop music.

She is specially effective in the big ensembles of the first and final acts, when her ringing little refrains top the texture with no problem.

It is part of a bigger ensemble of buildings that house Armenian-Uruguayan institutions.

Friday's concert offered bigger ensembles that nevertheless sounded a little out of place on Carnegie's big stage.

Her big multipart ensembles occupy both wall and floor, coming at us in irregular fragments.

Meters change and mix uneasily in big ensembles.

"I seek to create new sonorities based on pure instrumental sounds rather than a big, muddy ensemble," he told The Times.

His handling of the big choral ensembles received particular praise.

Lincoln Center can afford to present bigger ensembles, higher-paid artists and larger-scale productions.