Sonata in G BWV1027 (exc) - Bach

Concertino Op 51 - Romberg

Chant du menestrel - Glazunov

Tarantella Op 33 - Popper

The 13-year-old cellist Ben Cashell has accumulated an impressive list of scholarships and competition prizes since he started playing seven years ago. He is now a pupil at the Menuhin School, and last Wednesday lunchtime gave a recital at the Bank of Ireland Arts Centre with Dearbhla Brosnan (piano).

In a programme which included some technically demanding music, Cashell showed no hint of nerves and seemed totally unself conscious. The superficial gymnastics of Romberg's Concertino Op. 51 exposed some limitations in handling the bow, but this did not put Cashell off his stride. He is a natural musician and performer.

Throughout the concert, his way of shaping phrases constantly revealed new things, even though his inclination to shape by the moment rather than in large spans suggested youthful inexperience. However, neither he nor Dearbhla Brosnan made much of the many opportunities for taut discourse between piano and cello, except in Glazunov's Chant du menestrel. This neat, melodious character piece saw both players at their best, with purposeful timing and full tone in the largely chordal piano part and a cello sound which was strongly projected, long-phrased and rich with varied colours.