Performed by the Coull string quartet and pianist Mark Bebbington at The artrix, Bromsgrove, on 20^th January 2012
Reviewed by Christopher Morley for the Birmingham Post

….Finally came the glory of the evening, Bebbington and the Coull Quartet combining in a persuasively affectionate account of Ian Venables’s Piano Quintet. This is a work pulsing with genuine personality in every bar, right from its haunting, gently pastoral opening. Its language, proudly, unflinchingly lyrical, has a directness of emotional appeal, and Venables’s rhythms unfold with a sure sense of knowing where they are going. His well-judged balancing of instrumental forces was matched by Mark Bebbington’s experienced attentiveness to his colleagues, and Venables received an enthusiastic ovation at the end of this marvellous piece.