If the visual narrative, in which scenes blend into one another, can be confusing, it helps sustains a delicate, dreamlike mood that evokes Mercer's sense of wonder as he interacts with assorted weirdos.
High points were The Complete Concert (1996), live from the Wigmore Hall – a performance that caught Woods in more keening and delicate mood, notably on the Bill Evans dedication Goodbye Mr Evans; and Celebration!
But for all its ripples of dark laughter, Eugene O'Neill's masterwork is not, shall we say, Apatow-friendly material, and its delicate mood could be shattered if Mr. Rudd's fans came only looking for a good time.
The delicate mood of Mr. Foote's text makes it all the more imperative that the actors stay attuned to one another's speeches.
As the title suggests, Ellington's version is a feature for the finely expressive trumpeter Cootie Williams, and it paints its warm, delicate moods with a musical palette that's much finer than Kirby's.
Its fairylike scherzo, which incorporates part of a Scottish folk song, exemplifies the delicate moods that Mendelssohn excelled in creating.
It was in a delicate, almost feathery mood that I sat down to watch this film: apparently set in Indonesia, probably an evanescent arthouse piece, and called, The Rain, was it … ?
Playing a richly gilded historical copy made by the English maker Alan Gotto of Norwich, Rousset cajoled a delicate array of moods and colours, weaving the intricate lines and trills of François Couperin like golden thread in a French tapestry.
Still, the nymphs, echoing the characters' fitful, flighty and tender moods with a delicate range of movement, brought this pastoral setting to life with an airiness in the arms and a lightness in the feet.
But what Abrahamson brings to the table is a delicate touch, a gift for psychological mood and an empathy for altered and extreme realities, all of which allow him to get the full measure of this film's wide-ranging emotions.
Late in the second movement, after a murky passage in C sharp minor, a delicate, pristine C-major comes comes from some ethereal realm to transform the mood.
