Works by Haydn, Johann Strauss (as reconceived by Alban Berg) and Britten filled out this concert in the midst of the fourth season of splendid chamber concerts featuring top-notch playing by local and guest musicians.
The centrepiece of Nonclassical’s “Pioneers of Percussion” festival was a rousing marathon of a concert at Scala, a large (mostly) rock venue near King’s Cross. It was a rich, varied, high-energy, happily chaotic affair that lasted into the wee hours of the morning.
