Violinist Birgitte Staernes made her grand concert debut in Oslo in 1991, having already won first prize in the Rotterdam International Violin competition.

Fellow Norwegian Jorunn Marie Bratlie graduated in piano from the Norwegian State Academy Of Music in 1977, having made her concert debut, also in Oslo, at the age of 15.

Together, they make a scintillating duo, making music of the highest order and their appearance in Brighton showed just how good they are.

They complement each other beautifully, having an almost otherworldly communication as well as making some of the most exciting music I have heard so far at this year's Festival.

They treated the audience to some of the finest Romantic music, not least in Edvard Greig's Sonata No 2 in G Major, a haunting and poignant reading of a composer who gets to the core of the Scandinavian repertoire.

The playing was gently atmospheric and evocative of the rich and abundant Norwegian scenery.

And in Christian Sinding's Suite Romance, they gave a splendid performance of a work and a little known composer in Britain and of a piece I had never heard before.

Sinding was writing at the same time as Greig and, if this piece is anything to go by, deserves much wider exposure as an important influence on the later Romantic period.

Once again, this work was subtle and haunting and delivered with an obvious affection for the homeland.

Their recital ended with Beethoven's Spring Sonata, a lighter piece than the usual Beethoven fare but given a crisp, firm delivery by this duo who deserve to go on to a brilliant future.