Sonata in D - Leclair

Sonata for Violin and Piano No 1 in F minor - Prokofiev

Havanaise op. 83 - Saint-Saens

To encompass the elegance of the 18th- century Leclair, the disturbing violence of Prokofiev and the exotic salon music of Saint-Saens Havanaise in an hour's concert was no problem to Aisling O'Dea and Veronica McSwiney. Perhaps the Leclair could have been played with a closer approach to an earlier style but it lost little in attractiveness.

It was Prokofiev's sonata that most compellingly crossed the divide between players and audience. This was a performance which never lost its tensile strength despite the sudden shifts from brutality to gentleness. The two players singly would have impressed; together they reinforced each other with forceful effect and their fiery reading received an enthusiastic response.

The same qualities were to be found in the popular Havanaise but in the service of louchely slithering tune and a South American rhythm. Here was a world of conditioned reflexes where reason surrendered to the opiates of music. Sunday's concert at Noon in the Hugh Lane Gallery sent the audience home in a state of euphoria.