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Henry Chandler and John Paul Ekins present a programme of three lyrical staples of the violin repertoire. The concert opens with Mozart’s G Major Sonata, written in 1777, when the composer was just 21. The violin and piano are equals in a playful, vibrant conversation.

Chausson’s Poème was composed in 1896 and tells the story “Le Chant de l’amour triomphant” by Ivan Turgenev, which features two men of Ferrara – one a painter and the other a musician – who are in love with the same woman.

Brahms’s G major Sonata is one of the most expressive instrumental works he wrote. It was composed during the summers of 1878 and 1879 and the composer used some poetic melodic material from two of his songs: “Regenlied” (“Rain Song”) and “Nachklang” (“Reminiscence”).