Between now and Easter Sunday, music lovers will have an opportunity to sample the great variety of ways in which musicians have responded to that call.

A musician will respond differently to very minute differences in playing which would be quite imperceptible to the ordinary mortal.

But however much they grumbled about his rehearsal techniques, the musicians responded with energetic, vital readings.

How do the musicians respond?

It's always fascinating to see how non-classical musicians respond to classical fare.

This is far from timid music, and it sent its vivid messages along a sensory hotline to which these particular musicians hotly responded.

The nine musicians, who could not have been unprepared for the fond assault, responded gallantly, with broad smiles and retaliatory hugs.

Still, the musicians responded well over all, delivering a fleet and vital performance.

As they went on through the piece, the two musicians responded together, if not necessarily in the same way, to the harmony's shifts and twists.

The musicians responded with technically accomplished, supple and incisive playing.