A youthful exuberance characterised all the works in Tuesday's recital at the Bank of Ireland Arts Centre from Beethoven's Sonata in D to Bartok's Rhapsody. The performances, by Michael d'Arcy and Dearbhla Collins (piano), were nothing if not flamboyant, but the acme of refinement was reached in Kochanski's transcription of six of Falla's Spanish songs.

It is not surprising that Kochanski, who was closely associated with Szymanowski, should have coloured this Spaniard's music with the Polish composer's particular brand of orientalism: the performers conveyed both the original earthiness and the added sophistication.

Equally colourful and youthful was Enesco's Op.2. It was written when the composer was 16, but shows no awkwardness. Its dazzling accomplishment and its sense of joy makes one wonder why it is not heard more often. Although Enesco was Romanian, his Sonata is in the classical tradition, closer to Beethoven than Bartok, whose First Rhapsody is a medley of tunes from Romania and Hungary. Enesco does not have Bartok's piquant harmonic sense, but he is no less inventive within his limits.

Beethoven's Sonata was played with welcome vigour, but it took a little while to settle down and in the general excitement, some of its depth was lost.