Natural musicianship and good use of the organ made the recital at the Pro-Cathedral last Wednesday lunchtime a rewarding experience. David Leigh, who is assistant organist at St Patrick's Cathedral Dublin, resisted temptations for flashy delivery in the Allegro from Widor's Symphony No. 5, and let melody drive this complex variation structure.

His concluding item, Alain's Trois danses, was a bit of an anti-climax. Its sinister transformations of dance have their moments but, like so much Alain, it is poorly proportioned for its material. This mis-judgement in programming was the recital's only flat spot.

The highlight, for me anyway, was Karg-Elert's The Sun's Evensong, from Seven Pastels from the Lake of Constance (1919). The impressionistic title says it all; but I doubt that any composer for organ has matched the under-rated Karg-Elert's ability to combine impressionistic purpose and compositional discipline.

These pieces are rarely played, partly because of their technical and interpretative demands and partly because they were designed for late-Romantic instruments of vast resources. The Pro-Cathedral's organ is no minnow; but it is only just big enough. Yet one was never aware of that, for David Leigh showed total control of the instrument, plus a fine sense of proportion for an idea and its place within the piece. Roll on the other six Pastels!