Brighton Festival 2011

The older I get the younger performers, and policemen, seem. The good news is that these four brilliantly talented young women will be around for many years to come. They play with such skill and passion and drive. The Mendlesshohn is lusciously rich, operatic in its scale and this they delivered with both gravitas and a lightness of touch when needed. The Ravel was far more ethereal, hauntingly beautiful and despite having fewer hummable tunes than the first, it will stay with me far longer. The audience listened in total silence, hardly a cough or a sniffle to interrupt such superb playing.

Pavilion Theatre, Brighton Dome, 17 May
Rating: ★★★★★
Andrew Kay