Each item here deserved its own star-rating, from the indisputable *nul points* of [name of British composer omitted!!]’s abysmal new piece, to the five of Jennifer Pike’s Saint-Säens *Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso*…..Pike’s Saint-Säens
revealed a truly engaging musicality, and a determination to make even a shamelessly virtuosic showpiece very much her own. Her playing had a nimble thoughtfulness about it, and a shy but assured sense of style.