The Trio Gaspard gave a wonderfully inspiring and adventurous concert  on Friday with a distinctly Hungarian theme.  Their carefully thought out programme started with a piece by Sandor Veress, which featured a striking cadenza in the first movement and a lively, rhythmic and playful third movement. Then followed some very effective arrangements by the trio of two Brahms Hungarian Dances; a brief improvisation by the players linked the two dances, a lovely and unexpected touch!  We then heard a very quirky piece by Laszlo Lajtha, which had a curiously improvisational feel to it, but effective all the same.

After the interval, they gave a delightfully subtle and sensitive performance of an early Haydn Piano Trio, followed by an over the top piece by Liszt, full of his virtuosity and flamboyance and thoroughly enjoyable.

The very enthusiastic applause of the large audience was rewarded by an encore: Trance - a serene, calm piece that Sally Beamish, who was in the audience,  wrote for the Trio last year to sit alongside Haydn’s piano trios.  

It was a joy to watch the commitment and interaction of these players, all superb musicians in their own right;  I can't wait to hear them again.