Clive Peacock shares his take on Will Pound's performance at Tree House Bookshop on Saturday 2 March.

Dame Evelyn Glennie, percussion's greatest player describes Will Pound as one of the finest harmonica players in the world!

Last Saturday, Will joined Kenilworth's new-look Arts Festival at the Tree House Bookshop, for a joyous night of both harmonica and diatonic accordion playing.

This young man's achievement are notable.

As patron and performer at Warwick Folk Festival he gives the festival, at its new site, a new focus; as CD recording artist with Dame Evelyn Glennie he broadens his skill set encouraging him to take part in the reimagining of Holst's Planets Suite with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in July.

His choice of music from across Europe began in Ireland with Maurice Lennon's The Golden Stud Reel, playing both harmonica and diatonic accordion at the same time!

It's not long before Will reminds his audience of his long association with the world of Morris teams with a rousing rendition of the Nutting Girl Jig, associated with Cotswold Morris.

His own compositions include All Roads Lead to Caernavon, reflecting his recent years spent in Gwynedd, followed by a most attractive French bourrée full of 'acoustic trance music'.

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As a tribute to Hazel, who provided welcome accommodation in Leek Wootton during the pandemic, Will composed a plaintive melody, Wootton Hymn.

He soon returned to Cotswold Morris and a tribute to the villages of Longborough and Bampton with his version of Princess Royal.

Inevitably, Will produced his party piece, the jaunty The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba before completing the extremely sunny event with a reminder of happy times with Monty Python's 'Flying Circus' theme, The Liberty Bell.