To demonstrate proper arm extension and the musically sensitive follow-through that dancers call "articulation," he amusingly used his own wingspan.

"Only a conductor who is this musically sensitive and demanding should be hired," she wrote.

Mr. Gershon's accompaniments were musically sensitive and rhythmically crisp.

Fittingly, the highlight of the show was a tribute to both by Mr. Smith, who performed a virtuosic, musically sensitive solo, with his left heel seemingly glued to the floor.

The countertenor voice of Jonathan Peter Kenny, who sang Andronico, is produced with more effort, but his singing was musically sensitive.

His playing is rhythmically alert, musically sensitive and imaginative.

The playing itself is nicely polished as well as musically sensitive.

Mr. Spiri, a technically elegant and musically sensitive American pianist, was especially impressive here.

Musically sensitive people may even be disgusted by the cacophony of inharmonious sounds.

But it must be added that musically sensitive ears can hear the strings of Puccini just before Kim shoots herself.