Classical guitar duo Eliot Fisk and wife Zaira Meneses served up a treat at City Hall on Friday, proving marital harmony can go hand in hand with musical harmony.

The opening featured Mr. Fisk and Ms Meneses dueting on Astor Piazzolla's Tango Suite #1: Allegro. A complex piece - it seemed awkward and angular at first but began to make more sense as it progressed, segueing into warmer and more reflective passages.

Ms Meneses then went solo for the rest of the first half beginning with the technically demanding Sonata in A Major by Federico Moreno Torroba.

The Sonata meri dional followed - a tender and more easily accessible composition which featured some exquisite passages. It was followed by Loe Brouwer's Paisaje Cubano con Campanas with some rapid fire fretwork progressing to sections that were simply delightful.

The last piece was my favourite - the pick of a very good bunch. Nico Rojas' Guajira a mi madre featured a pulsing atonal section, tension built on plucked harmonics, sweeping to a satisfying climax as the turmoil gave way to resolution.

The second section featured Mr. Fisk striking out on his own. With the pace set so superbly by his wife one wondered whether he would be able to justify top billing.

But that proved an unnecessary concern as he effortlessly tore through a superb set which clearly staked out why Mr. Fisk was regarded by mentor and classical guitar legend Andres Segovia as one of the best in the world.

While the programme notes mentioned Mr. Fisk's love of experimentation, including collaborations with Turkish musicians and jazz guitarists, the second half was far more traditional than the first, featuring the compositions of Agustin Barrios Mangore.

The beginning - a six-piece set for solo guitar - featured trilling tremelos and finger-breaking fretboard dexterity from Mr. Fisk who has done command performances for then President Bill Clinton and Spain's King Juan Carlos.

Indeed so soaked is Mr. Fisk in the music of Spain at one stage he seemed to be talking English with a Spanish accent before reverting to his native American twang.

His flawless and dazzling six string display was made all the more impressive by the fact Mr. Fisk confessed to be under the weather in the last few days - which led him to axe a tricky tango as the final piece in favour of something less demanding as his wife rejoined him on the stage for the finale.

But surely the vast majority of the Bermuda Festival audience felt they had full value from a rich, varied and weighty selection. Certainly this reviewer did.