Appalachian Spring

​Appalachian Spring (Ensemble Q) (limelightmagazine.com.au)

Ensemble Q gives a thoughtful examination of early 20th-century chamber rarities. I have to take a moment here to mention just how refreshing it was to hear clarinettist and Ensemble Q co-founder Paul Dean’s comment at the start of this concert: “we try and play music that no-one ever plays”. As this concert showed, this left-of-centre approach really does pay off, for both performers and audience. "