Susan Tomes in Hamburg - June, 1982

from Domus Diary: Seedorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, June 1982, pages 46-47:

A small but attentive audience comes to the evening concert of Bartók Rumanian Dances, Mozart piano concerto (with string quartet instead of orchestra) and Schubert string quintet.... The concert is a success, but physical tiredness begins to show and makes the edges ragged, especially in the Schubert. My hands are so cold that semiquaver passages almost don't work in the Mozart, and a motherly listener tells me afterwards that if I don't get a warmer concert outfit I will be ill by the end of the week. The Schubert has all its spirit from the last performance, but the ensemble is much more …   more >>
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Susan Tomes, Domus Diary: Seedorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, June 1982. In Beyond the notes : journeys with chamber music (Woodbridge, 2004), p. 46-47. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1402249041396 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Hamburg

Listeners

Susan Tomes
Pianist, Writer
1954-

Listening to

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Rumanian Dances
written by Béla Bartók
performed by Domus
String Quintet in C major, D956
written by Franz Schubert
performed by Domus
piano concerto no. 12 in A major K 414 (, performance of)
written by Mozart
performed by Susan Tomes, Domus

Experience Information

Date/Time June, 1982
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Notes

Experience took place in the evening in Domus's tent, which has been erected in a public park in Hamburg.


Originally submitted by iepearson on Sun, 08 Jun 2014 18:37:21 +0100