cadenza
- n a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music
- There had been momentsin the adagio, in the arpeggiated chords of the cadenzawhen the sustaining power of the instrument was evident.
- Ferras' legato passages spun out in long, honeyed strands of sound; his attack in the cadenza was as crisp as vellum.
- Then came the cadenza, which was really too intricate for a tuba.