THE society’s new season got off to a flying start with a presentation by the Finnish violinist Frida Backman of the Backman Trio.

The substance of her talk was the making of their first CD and a discussion of the music they selected to record on it.

Frida had uncovered a previously unpublished work by Sibelius, which they had managed to piece together and perform as part of their first CD.

The trio were founded in 2009 in London by British pianist Marcus Andrews, Freda Backman and British cellist, Ruth Beedham.

In 2014 they returned to Finland and performed at the Aino Atke festival in Helsinki as part of the CD launch.

With financial support from the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, the group was able to resurrect the composer Eric Bergman's Piano Trio No 2 of which we heard an extract.

Bergman (1911 - 2006) is another of those composers of whom little is heard today but he has a large repertoire of work.

Frida went through the lengthy process of making a CD and included a discussion of the differences between a live and a studio performance.

The evening ended with a performance of a previously unknown work by Sibelius – Fantasia.

The society has listened to hundreds of CDs over the years and it was fascinating to hear from a musician the process to be gone through to make one. A most enjoyable and informative evening. Further details at salisburyrms.org.