His control of the stage was less thorough: choral sections were often fuzzy and imprecisely cued.
Several choral sections are cast in marchy measured rhythms.
The lead singer provides a phrase or motive for the choral sections, or they may present new, but related material.
And the three choral sections, while almost chaste in their beauty, can seem as if they don't quite belong.
This performance didn't include the choral sections.
The choral section gave the composer particular trouble.
The musicians were playing bombas, using percussion and a choral section.
An extended instrumental ritornello, dominated by the horn, is heard before, between and after the choral sections.
The second theme is a long orchestral recitative, which provides the music for the alto solo in the choral section.
The choral section is organized primarily by the text, using musical material from earlier in the movement.