John and Kevin Robson, the talented twins that comprise the Robson Piano Duo, gave an attractive programme that showed their natural empathy as performers and their own enjoyment in the music played.

They began with a virtuoso favourite, Liszt’s 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody. Originally written for solo piano and later orchestrated; this was the first time I’d heard the duet version. It made a splendid curtain raiser and was performed with an appealing freshness, carefully graded dynamics and well-judged speeds.

In Ravel’s exquisite Mother Goose Suite the work’s fairy-tale origins belie its difficulty. It is full of subtle shading and delicate dynamics. The twins in their introduction said they enjoyed playing it and this came across. Speeds were well chosen – the music was sensitively phrased and given time to breathe and flower. The close, with its swirling glissandos, was magically done.

The last performance of Schubert’s masterly Fantasy in F minor we heard in this hall was intensely dramatic and searching. The Robson approach was more lyrical and less probing, but enjoyable for its expressive phrasing, dynamic contrast and again, well-judged speeds.