Music review: Trio HLK with Evelyn Glennie

AN UNSUSPECTING fragment from one of Bach’s cello suites mustn’t have known what hit it, as Trio HLK, joined by percussion virtuoso Dame Evelyn Glennie, hijacked it amid a melee of heavy-metal intensity. With Glennie’s vibraphone ringing and Ant Law’s eight-stringed guitar howling ferociously over slams from pianist Richard Harrold and drummer Richard Kass, The Jig as they cursorily titled it, was the climax and arguably the highlight of a striking launch concert for the trio’s debut album, Standard Time.