Young violinist Amir Bisengaliev is a prodigious talent and pianist John Lenehan proved to be the ideal, more experienced partner for him.

Malcolm Arnold's Five Pieces - Opus 84 showed the musicians in a spectrum of contrasted styles ranging from a mix of dissonance and lyricism, to lively jazzed up syncopation.

In William Walton's Sonata for Violin & Piano Amir throw off any technicalities and emerged with ravishing muted playing of highest crystal clear notes at the conclusion of Allegro tranquillo.

Variazione heard the musicians iterate the theme, then the duo exploited it - double stopping violin with staccato piano, staccato violin while the piano 'fluttered', a muted 'gliding' violin, pianist harmonising and a virtuoso finale.

Sonata in E minor for Violin & Piano, Opus 83 by Elgar was an ambitious inclusion, but Amir played with great conviction. In the first Allegro understanding between performers was apparent and Amir thrilled with his superb high entry at the recapitulation of Elgar's wonderful theme, and he drew intense colour from the lower registers of his beautiful violin.

As for the Romance, Amir did nothing wrong and played the music expressively, but more experience and greater understanding will reveal to him more passion and pathos.

For Allegro non troppo the duo conceived diversities of pianissimos and fortes. A powerful conclusion finished with an exhilarating accelerando. Jill Hopkins