Serenity and Seriousness: Joy and James Lisney at St John's, Smith Square

Winter has struck Bristol pre-emptively this year, and finding a nice, warm place to hide on a Sunday morning is a good way to lessen the hold of its icy clutches.

Imagine, for a moment, that you're an 18th century German or French baron deciding what you're going to do with your evening. You might do worse, perhaps, than to invite a couple of dozen friends to your well-appointed sitting room, and bring in one of the great musicians of the day to talk to you about his favourite music and play it to you.

Raphaël Pichon al frente del Ensemble Pygmalion ofreció una versión profunda, cálida y detallista de la magnífica obra de Johann Sebastian Bach.

Con Martha Argerich como figura de excepción, la Orchestra della Svizzera italiana ofreció un programa que sacó lo mejor del conjunto.

Programa dedicado a los padres de la música sacra del Renacimiento y al romanticismo de Anton Bruckner, junto a uno de los conjuntos más emblemáticos de la interpretación historicista actual.