Scottish Ensemble/Montero review – engaging, crisp Piazzolla on a crowded platform

Wigmore Hall, London
In a South Atlantic-crossing programme, Gabriela Montero and the Ensemble’s adaptable string players gave punchy accounts of the Argentinian leg of the trip
They don’t often squeeze 14 musicians onto the small Wigmore Hall platform, never mind a grand piano as well. But the string players of the Scottish Ensemble are an adaptable and up-for-it band who have played in more challenging venues than this. Nevertheless, this highly engaging concert, in which the ensem