Before the next item, apparently King s mobile phone went off. Coincidentally, the call was from Switzerland from the composer, Ludovic Neurohr, who was sitting, King said, with a hundred or so family members and friends watching a live webcast through MIFB s The Music Page. King s not above the occasional dramatic gesture either in introductions or conducting if it enhances the moment. The piece, Psyche, was about a young man s journey, King said. about life and love and lust.

Ideally suited to this band, he d added at open rehearsal. It was captivating piece of many moods, expressive and impressionistic; at times the audience hardly dared breathe and it struck me it was being played by players who not only loved to play, but loved to be heard playing.