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Once pupils had absorbed each individual question, they had an average of 49 seconds per question to scan back through the relevant passage, work out their answer and write it down.

The 24-year-old Canadian pianist attacked the solo part’s daunting passage work with effortless ease, a near-constant stream of scintillating figuration in the first and third movements.

Chang, on the other hand, is prone to go her own way and occasionally covered her colleagues, especially when the piano part called for brilliant passage work.

There was an improvisatory fluidity in the passage work and runs, cushioned by the warm, rich sound of the orchestra.

Although Polonsky’s passage work was not always perfectly even, her contributions were full of character.