Krista Nelson's ardent focus lights up one direction, then another, in quick succession.
The ardent Mr. Light-Orr appears too youthful as the 60-something Eduardo, while Ms. Peace is unable to create anything interesting about the patently dull Melinda.
He was well matched by Sunhae Im, a splendidly bright soprano; Jörg Dürmüller, a light but ardent tenor; and Detlef Roth, an intense, agile baritone.
Al Maysles handled his camera with a fluid yet forthright, light yet ardent touch — from the start, he was a sort of Impressionist portraitist: he wanted to capture the most evanescent of appearances, because he saw that they contained and revealed the deepest of emotions and motives.
The most miraculous dancer in the company for several seasons has been Herman Cornejo: intense, brilliant, light, fast, witty, touching, ardent.
For Schubert's "Hirt auf dem Felsen" ("Shepherd on the Rock"), Mr. McGill and Ms. Stoessinger were joined by Monica Yunus, a soprano whose agility and pleasingly light timbre suit this ardent meditation.
Franck's dark-light violin sonata, mysterious, ardent and far more than the sum of its parts when played as majestically as here, forms the centrepiece of this seriously beguiling disc.
So does watery North Atlantic light, in humid grayings of ardent hues.
His ardent energy pierces through perception and casts new light on the arbitrary nature of all things.
They are too ardent, argumentative and finely wrought — and also beautifully lighted — not to hold our attention.
