‘Around the World’ takes us to Hungary/Romania (Bartók), India (Ravi Shankar), France (Christian Rivet), Germany/England (Handel), Spain (Ohana), America (Carter), Italy (Molino), Japan (Hosokawa) and South America (Piazzolla), predominantly by means of 21st- or late-20th-century works. The flute-and-guitar repertoire may be small but one cannot say that it doesn’t cater for all tastes.

In Handel’s G minor Flute Sonata, notwithstanding Christian Rivet’s expressive realisation of the keyboard part and the dextrously executed final Presto, Pahud’s mellow flute is placed too forward for the guitar to compete on equal terms. Francesco Molino’s charming little Duo from the early 1800s and arrangements of Bartók’s five Romanian Folk Dances fare much better in this respect. Best of all is Piazzolla’s Histoire du tango – an equal partnership with a smile on its face that leaves you wanting more.

How enchanting is the rest of the programme must be a matter of personal taste – Elliott Carter’s Scrivo in vento for solo flute will appeal to anyone who doesn’t mind having a high-pitched whistle blown in their ear without warning – but by far the most intriguing (and, incidentally, longest) work is Ravi Shankar’s L’aube enchantée (‘The Enchanted Dawn’). This uses a raga of six notes which are then, in Pahud’s words, ‘repeatedly reiterated and combined at ever greater speed until the fingers dance on the holes of the instrument, and a sort of ecstasy arises’. Mesmerising and, like the programme as a whole, a kaleidoscope of infinite colours and textures produced by this attractive combination.