These renditions, by Andrew Manze's superb English Concert, are marked by a delicate balance of passion and poise.
His productions are marked by a delicate touch and an emotional intricacy that are best served by a seat in the front row.
By contrast Germain Pilon's low-relief "Lamentation over the Dead Christ" (from around 1583), which hangs on an adjacent wall, is marked by a delicate, expressionistic dynamism.
Their surface shows an evident fibrous texture suggestive of a criss crossed, delicate filamentous scaffold and is marked by a number of features such as ridges, holes and protruding ribs.
The cherimoya, known for an irregular shape and leathery green skin marked by large indentations, has a smooth, velvety flesh and delicate flavor, like a mix of papaya, pineapple and banana.
Of the three female Hamlets I've seen, Frances de la Tour's was marked by a swashbuckling vigour, the German Angela Winkler's by a delicate tenderness and Maxine Peake's by a built-in bullshit detector.
But it's doubtful that if 2002 is marked by more economic collapses that threaten global financial stability -- and thus America's own delicate financial health -- Mr. Bush will be able to afford such a hands-off approach.
The music becomes a study in delicate concentration, akin to a Debussy ?de. "Sonatine," a solo for Maddie Deavenport, is marked by handsome contrasts: dancing and walking, lower and upper body, looking one way while proceeding the other.
But that night was marked by hope.
