Michael Barbieri and Theo Taplitz give truly outstanding performances as Tony and Jake: a delicate, nuanced friendship – Tony is bold, confident, charming and humorous, the extrovert to Jake's introvert.
It implied an eye acutely attuned to delicate nuance in discerning the working of a blade.
As one might expect, this supremely emotional work, composed when Mahler knew his remaining days were few, drew a performance from Mr. Zander in which both sweeping gesture and delicate nuance were given careful attention.
Levin's piano, venturing forth in una corda disregard of the danger, spoke of loneliness and pain but, in delicate nuance, communicated the essentials of hope to make this a deeply human performance.
But it is through the delicate nuance of these coloured surfaces that the figures come to life.
OESTREICH * PAUL O'DETTE The lute is an instrument that speaks softly but, in the right hands, can yield both delicate nuance and virtuosic fire.
Its somber artiness sometimes succeeds in uncovering moments of delicate nuance, and Mr. Shiota is good at conveying psychological states through camera angles and cuts.
In Act III she shows poise, especially in the riveting, retreating, slow diagonal when everything hangs on the delicate nuance with which she teases out the same simple step again and again.
Four madrigals by Gastoldi, Lassus, Passereau and Morley were sung with rhythmic point and delicate nuance.
In that regard, the roots of Monk's pain, gnarled emotions and fragility -- underplayed with delicate nuance by Shalhoub -- are addressed with sensitivity, his haunting fixation on Trudy with tenderness.
