Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is as familiar as breathing to most of us, and the bewigged and period costumed members of the Locrian Ensemble made this - and everything they touched - seem just as effortless.

Compere and cellist Justin Pearson introduced each piece with an apt anecdote, while on the music front there was parabolic perfection from Pachelbel Kanon, haunting melancholy from Massenet's Meditation and slippery sentimentality from Strauss' Blue Danube (seductively supported by harpist Camilla Pay).

Much of the troupe's repertoire was headed up by talented first violinist Rita Manning, who rounded off the first half with the energetic, gypsy-inspired Czardas by Monti.

After the interval, we were treated to Mozart's Clarinet Quintet K58r with Julian Farrell conjuring up dulcet notes on his liquorice stick', interspersed with readings from Mozart's enduringly witty letters to his family.

All of which conspired to throw a chink of light into this damp late November night.