It was a mixed musical bag on offer at last week's Tsunami Appeal Concert in the Narberth Tabernacle.

Despite the immensely popular John Mitchinson suffering from a cold, his experience and superb technique amply compensated in his two Samson arias of Handel and later with the Kashmiri songs and Una Furtiva L'Agrima from L'Elisir DAmore from Donizetti. How fortunate Pembrokeshire is to have 'Mitch' in residence!

Colin Clarke, in a departure from his usual repertoire, was in splendid voice for The Vagabond from Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel.

Val Evans was at her finest, displaying aching poignancy with Sondheim's Send in the Clowns. Apart from her obvious singing ability, she is such a good actress.

The Quaynotes - sadly in a state of some imbalance due to the lack of male voices - assayed pieces from Mozart to Jerry Bock, once again under the precise baton of Glyn Evans.

Eirian Davies, 23-year-old baritone, and a protg of John Mitchinson, gave us more than an inkling of the riches that are to come with his effortless delivery of songs by Meirion Williams, Stradella and Mendelssohn. It is surely only a matter of time before Welsh National Opera beckons.

James Walker, viola player with the admirable Mezin Quartet performed John Williams' theme from the film Schindler's List and Monti's Czardas, which roused the audience to the loudest applause of the evening.

The highly placed pulpit in the Tabernacle to which the soloists ascended to do their stuff, worried me a little. In the context of the evening, I would have liked these splendid soloists down a level and in more immediate contact.

John Mitchinson closed the programme with a glowing account of The Old House by Frederic O'Conner.

The concert was immaculately accompanied by that treasure of the keyboard, Sharron Lusher. Wonderful.

A total of £2,270 was raised for the Tsunami Appeal.