Sentence examples for subtle playing from inspiring English sources

Mr. Welser-Möst and the orchestra supported him with calm, tasteful and subtle playing.

The lighting is subtle, playing up the owners' art pieces and architectural details like the enormous ceiling beams without drawing attention to itself.

His book Smyslov's 125 Selected Games (1983) shows his subtle playing style and endgame artistry.

McLagan's inventive and subtle playing was integral to the band's rapid musical development.

A performance of Brahms's Violin Sonata No. 1 in G by the violinist Yuuki Wong and the pianist Andrés Añazco offered striking moments, like Mr. Wong's introspective, subtle playing of the opening melodies of the first movement and the Adagio, though the interpretation over all was less cohesive.

Gould and Rains's performance has a grand, theatrical air that evokes the Broadway of the Barrymores and the Lunts; Stewart, backed up by Ax's warm yet subtle playing, offers an amiable, intimate reading that belies his careful attention to the text.

Subtle plays, shrewd movements, little things.

Now Brodsky made a subtle play.

But Versace made a strange and subtle play.

A mix of two sizes of leopard-print fur were a subtle play on glamour.

"Stones in His Pockets," while not a subtle play, has its clever ways.