Mozartian Magic, given with a good dash of red-blooded spirit from both debutant conductor and soloist in this concert sponsored by The Print Room and Westbeach as part of the Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival.

Introduced by our ever-enthusiastic host Petroc Trelawny as ‘Austro-Serbian’, the soloist Jasminka Stancul provided a splendid performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No21.

The opening movement offered a wonderful sense of fluency, followed by the lovely Andante; unhurried and sensitive without indulgence.

The finale delivered all its inherent charm with Stancul’s highly articulate fingerwork and energy.

Nicholas Collon’s support here and his affirmative direction in this all-Mozart programme were rather like a blast of fresh air.

In the Symphony No29 the first movement’s character, balanced with lighter dance sections, gave strings the spotlight with an insistent rhythmic pulse.

The orchestra’s 18th century layout paid dividends as Collon pointed-up the effectiveness of Mozart’s antiphonal string-writing in the graceful Andante and elsewhere.

The short Minuet carried further rhythmic emphasis with delightful wind playing; the finale’s leaping octaves, encouraged by a leaping conductor, and the chirpy string motif combined to cheerful effect.

The Overture Don Giovanni conveyed themes plying between operatic voices and from Idomeneo the imposing Ballet Music contrasted dignified pomp and cheeky hop-and-skip episodes with mercurial thrust.