The Eggner Trio is a Viennese band of brothers who sprang to prominence by winning the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition back in 2003 and this current series represents the third time that Musica Viva has toured them since then. With two programmes on offer, the Eggners offer a choice of Robert Schumann and Dvořák or Clara Schumann and Brahms. Both programmes also include a ‘lost’ gem in the form of Dulcie Holland’s 1944 Piano Trio – worth the ticket price alone I’d suggest.

First, the players. There’s a geniality about the Eggners’ music making that most likely stems from familial ease. Their warm, lyrical tone is a far cry from the edgy, low-vibrato HIP approach of some of the other young Turks on the chamber circuit. The Eggner style is more akin to the great ensembles of the past with steady tempi and a generally romantic approach to timbre. However, they also smile and share little endearing supportive looks – a far cry from, say, the dour approach of older outfits like the Borodins.

Last night’s concert began with Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio – her sole essay in that genre, her compositional career supposedly a victim of her marriage and...