Erin Healy & Mark Kinkaid – Brahms, Beach, Szymanowski, Gershwin

Erin Healy violin, Mark Kinkaid piano Savile Club Aperitif Concert #135, 4 Sep 2026 FAE Sonata – Scherzo Johannes Brahms Written in 1853 when he was just 20, Brahms’ Scherzo in C minor is the third and most famous movement of the collaborative F-A-E sonata, composed as a gift for violinist Joseph Joachim. 5:45 Romance Amy Beach In 1893 Amy Beach premiered her Romance in A major with violinist Maud Powell at Chicago World’s Fair. The piece features warm, lyrical melodies that seamlessly blend into dialogue between violin and piano. 12:00 Sonata – First Movement Karel Szymanowksi An emotionally intense and dramatic work composed in 1904, it shows the influences of Brahms and César Franck as well as the dense chromatic textures and musicality of Szymanowski’s unique voice. 21:41 It ain't necessarily so – Gershwin arr Heifetz Cherubim Music Trust is a charity that loans professional-calibre orchestral instruments to advanced music students in the UK, aged 15-25, who cannot afford one that matches their ability. See http://cherubimtrust.org/ Series curated and filmed by Michael Maxwell Steer