There was an ominous warning in the programme note for this recital. It read: "Dimension aims to perform a repertoire which is not restricted solely to the piano trio medium."
The note was no joke. The opening item was by Richard Joo, a British-Korean, and the ensembles pianist.
At times this was a hugely discordant piece. Lasting 20 minutes and called The Trilogy Dimension, it was more of a showcase for this trio and tremendously fun.
Discordant it may have been but it showed that this trio, which also has violinist Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne and cellist Thomas Caroll, are also highly accomplished individual players.
They are all graduates of the Menuhin School and each has been major prizewinner: Joo of the Stravinsky International Piano Competition; Zambrzycki-Paayne of the BBC Radio 2 Musician of the Year award; and Caroll was named Young Concert Artist of the Year for two years running.
In their own piece they were infectiously enthusiastic, bending the music in the way that jazz veterans do but is really heard in a classical ensemble.
And in its reading of Brahms' Piano Trio in B major the trio gave areading of verve and vitality and great excitement such as I doubt the piece had ever before received.
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