Passacaglia are a delightful early music quartet comprising harpsichord, two recorders and a viol da gamba.

For this Brighton lunchtime recital, they were joined by soprano Julie Gooding who was also appearing in a performance of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo on the same day.

The five took as their theme the music of the coffee houses at the time of Bach and his contemporaries, the first time any concerts had been heard outside of church or court.

Their subsidiary theme was the craze for coffee and the adulation given to this beverage in cantatas by JS Bach and Nicolas Bernier.

In Bach's Coffee Cantata, Gooding's supremely clear Baroque voice got to grips not only with the father who was singing about the pitfalls of having children by the daughter whom, while he was lamenting his lot, had drunk his coffee.

She has a voice that is not only strong and clear but one which also delivers a rich vein of humour.

If school taught you that recorders were pretty dreadful, think again.

In the hands of professionals such as Annabel Knight and Louise Bradbury, the recorder became something to truly adore.

With Robin Bigwood on harpsichord and Reikoichise on viol da gamba, Passacaglia is an innovative, exciting and highly versatile group.