The Brighton Philharmonic are putting on four concerts at Brighton's Unitarian Church this summer.
The series features works by contemporary local composers but with well known classics to entice an audience. So in this Sunday afternoon's programme there was a sandwich of Mozart with a new work as a filling.
The Mozart consisted of an early Divertimento played correctly, and stylishly, by a string quartet, and his 12th Piano Concerto in the string quartet arrangement. This sounded like a piano quintet as the able soloist, Jeremy Young, was behind the quartet as if taking an accompanying instead of solo role. Whether because of its position, or the piano itself, the result, though pleasant, lacked sparkle.
The filling was Five Or Six Corridors for piano trio by Ian Morgan-Williams. A total of 13 short pieces were linked together rather like Pictures From An Exhibition. It began in a fragmented manner, flowered into a lyrical section and then returned to the opening mood with renewed intensity.
Interesting and exciting music, but it would have helped the audience to have been given an idea as to its length. The concise opening minutes suggested a much shorter piece.
This is an interesting series, well worth supporting.
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