The violin concerto stands out from previous concertos with its connected movements.

The work is in three connected movements, all in one basic pulse so that tempo changes are all proportionally related.

She twisted her body like a ballerina, stretched her arms, spun and bent, all in one connected, smooth movement.

Mr. Sheng provided an expansive rhapsody in three connected movements based partly on a Chinese folk melody.

To guarantee its momentum, he has created one long and unequivocal horizontal line that draws the instrument across four connected movements with a single-minded purpose.

The work, "Foreign Bodies," a 20-minute piece written in three connected movements, is scored dazzlingly for an enormous orchestra with a huge battery of percussion.

Mr. Carter's translation of this process is a stream of 12 connected movements, five of which are interludes that portray the discussions.

It is in three connected movements, with a pause after the first.

Set in three connected movements, the work remains in tone forboding and, most of all, bombastic.

Of those offered here, the most affecting was the First Quartet, a work in four connected movements.