The décor — silver farmhouse chairs, black-beamed ceiling, mismatched floral china — is as refined yet unpretentious as the food.
No matter his chosen backdrop, it's Ellis' vocals – subtle, refined, yet bleeding with hurt – that take centre stage.
We know who we are fighting for and if our message is not exactly refined yet, it will be.
Poulenc wrote the French libretto, adapted from a play by Georges Bernanos, and his music is an uncanny balancing act: restrained yet lush, refined yet wrenching.
"Nuts!" is fiercely original in its ingeniously dramatic storytelling, its vision of the place of such stories in the media-scape, and its aesthetically refined yet good-humored vigor.
Rustioni, meanwhile, is fast emerging as a bel canto conductor of great distinction, refined yet rhythmically precise in his approach and allowing Bellini's melodies, both vocal and orchestral, to unfold and breathe with marvellous eloquence.
"The founder of Suntory wanted to create an authentic Japanese whiskey that appealed to the delicate palate of the Japanese: subtle, refined, yet complex," said Mike Miyamoto, who was Suntory's master distiller for 10 years.
At the time of his death, many believed that the designer's 25-year career was at a peak; he had tempered his garish early work and begun to create increasingly refined yet colourful and sexy ensembles.
