The playing throughout was polished and spirited, with striking dynamic contrasts, as in the Sinfonia in A minor by Francesco Navara, one of the few surviving works of this 17th-century Italian.
It's fast and spirited, with hills and drops that seem to come from nowhere.
THE CROWD Noisy and spirited, with large groups of men on weeknights and big family groups on weekends.
She is her own person: spirited, with an alert face and flowing dark hair.
Professional men and clever women have always lined up to say just how much they relish Heyer's world of rakes, pistols at dawn and spirited heroines with a penchant for cross-dressing.
THE CROWD Casual and spirited, with lots of groups, including children.
Even so, the primary race has been spirited, with City Councilman Patrick Dowd, 41, and Carmen Robinson, 40, a political newcomer and local lawyer, stirring the debate.
Early response to "Apollo's Angels" has been spirited, with critics driven to both high praise and high pique.
Last year, she wrote that Jeff Berg was going to leave his job atop the talent agency I.C.M. — and then spirited in a replacement post with the same time stamp that began, "Let me knock down that rumor making the rounds that Jeff Berg is supposedly leaving ICM".
"I'm very sorry," the monkey said, his voice low but spirited, with an almost musical quality to it.
