The Strad, December 2000

In a heavy season of violin-cello duos, violinist Lara St John and cellist Peter Bruns left every other pairing I've heard recently in the dust (27 September, Weill Recital Hall).

The repertoire for that instrumentation is limited and therefore repeated to a ridiculous extent, but hearing the visceral, vibrant playing throughout Martinu's duo, Kodaly's duo Op. 7, Ravel's sonata and the omnipresent Handel Halvorsen Passacaglia in G minor I felt like I'd never heard these pieces before.

If St John and Bruns don't return to New York soon, I'll have to track them down.