CONCERT REVIEW

WEYMOUTH LUNCHTIME CHAMBER CONCERT

ST MARY'S CHURCH

ARGUABLY the very best Weymouth Lunchtime Chamber Concert in the 2015/16 series took place in St Mary' sChurch at 1pm.

The musicians were the Wessex Piano Quartet - Catrin Win Morgan on violin, Stephanie Chambers on viola, Sally Hann on cello and Duncan Honeybourne on piano.

All four musicians have received awards and critical acclaim; for example, BBC Music Magazine wrote of Duncan's CD of his own solo piano works: - 'hard to imagine better performances'.

And we were treated to live music from all four musicians, naturally interwoven and played to the very highest of standards.

They played two works - Mozart's Piano Quartet in G minor (1785) and Brahms' Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60 (1875).

The Mozart delighted the audience with its elegance and charm, not to mention the beautiful hummable tunes.

Then, 100 years later came romantic Brahms - an 'extraordinary work' full of power and drama, where the piano often dominated and the music became louder and more sinister right up to its spectacular end.

*This is the last of the 2015/2016 Weymouth lunchtime concerts. Next year's concerts will begin on December 21 2016, owing to building works in St Mary's Church.

JANET FERRETT