MUSIC Club members in Hawick were treated to an afternoon with the bright young musicians who are The Atholl Duo.

Lee Holland and Glynn Forrest played a diverse musical repertoire that both enchanted and challenged the audience.

The delicate and fluid tones of the flute were beautifully enhanced by the warm rhythmic notes of the marimba

They immediately embarked upon the Hamburger Suite by CPE Bach playing two pieces - one very lyrical the other merry and quick.

Morceau de Concours was composed by Gabriel Faure to ‘test the musicians ability to move an audience’.

With beautiful phrasing throughout, Lee and Glynn certainly did.

Glynn came into his own when playing an Introduction to Marimba by Keike Abe Michi.

This piece was composed around the theme of cherry blossom. You could here gentle wind blowing through the flowers and rivulets of heavier rain falling with Glynn's wonderful Marimba Vibrations.

Half of this piece is improvised which makes his interpretation of this piece even more accomplished.

Bartok's folk songs followed, and once again Glynn was joined by Lee on flute.

In Suite Paysanne Hongroise, we heard an interplay of several different tempos and rhythm- some with great gaiety.

It was Jean Michel Damase's Pantomimes that stretched the audience - five small movements again each with a different mood.

They were quirky and at times strange. The marimba held its own against the flute in this piece.

In Wake Up - a surprise by Tilmun Dinard we were not sure what to expect - it turned out to be a solo from Lee Holland on Piccolo playing with an alarm clock and a wee bit of swing.

Piazzola concluded the concert.

His Histoire du Tango traces tango from its roots from the 1900s until around1960. It becomes more modern as the musicians progress through the work.

The encore was his famous Liber Tango. In both these piece Lee and Glynn proved what consummate performers they really are.

Vanda Mercer