A small but appreciative audience enjoyed chamber music from members of Ensemble 360, currently ensemble in residence at Square Chapel.
Sara Bitlloch and Donald Grant, violins, Martin Saving, viola, and Marie Bitlloch, cello, make up the Elias Stri
ng Quartet who began the concert with Mozart's Quartet in C.
Nicknamed Dissonance because of its unusual, creepy introduction, it is a modern-sounding, innovative work.
The lively musical conversation in the first movement was intelligently played and the final allegro molto, though played very fast, betrayed no loss of clarity or control.
Tim Horton gave assured and characteristically musical accounts of two contrasting Chopin pieces – the flamboyant Scherzo No 2, in B flat minor and the sweet, nostalgic, Nocturne in D flat.
Dan Storer, double bass, joined the Bitlloch sisters, Martin Saving and Tim Horton for Schubert's popular Trout Quintet.
Schubert wrote this sunny, tuneful work in his early 20s before he suffered ill-health and poverty.
Each player took full advantage of the opportunities to shine in the fourth movement theme and variations, giving overall a performance that was polished and exuding joie de vivre.
Julia Anderson
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