Review

Weymouth Sunday Concert,

Weymouth Bay Church

Weymouth music club’s latest concert was an outstanding success. Two distinguished local musicians – Walter Brewster, clarinet and piano, and Duncan Honeybourne – piano delighted the audience with a programme full of variety, ranging from classical to jazz.

Everyone loves the gorgeous tones of the clarinet, and we could wallow in the beauty of Brahms’ Sonata in F minor, the more modern Sonatina by Bohuslav Martinu (1890 – 1959) and the Grand Duo Concertant by Carl Maria von Weber (1786 – 1826).

We enjoyed the variety afforded by the two piano duets. First came Schubert’s Fantasy in F minor, another deeply emotional work, but not all sad, written in the year he died aged 31. This was followed by Poulenc’s Sonata for 4 hands, snappy and amazingly difficult.

Of course we had an encore, a Paganini arrangement which rounded off a great concert.

The next concert is an unusual duo combination, oboe and guitar, performed by Stephanie Oatridge and Adam Brown, on Sunday February 12, 3pm at Weymouth Bay Church.

JANET FERRETT