I think of the King, our King, a presidential fave, and concert 2 for me is music from that domain. The music is more impressive. This was music of Britain, although hardly exhaustive! Benjamin Britten; a contemporary composer Rebecca Clarke; Henry Purcell not so recent but influential on ... Benjamin Britten. One of the volunteers complained that she didn't like BB: he'd been drummed into her as a piano student when young. So be it, I understand. I like it, although on the day I'm feeling modernist music is a little intellectual and unloved, perheps from the immense success of the lyrical and story-telling Gershwin of the previous concert. Just on the day, perhaps. But the playing was to die for. Australian String Quartet blasting away with precision and clarity and some edgy treble tones.
The Australian String Quartet are Dale Barltrop and Francesca Hiew (violins), Christopher Cartlidge (viola) and Michael Dahlenburg (cello). ASO played at Wesley for CIMF2026.
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