Susan Tomes et al. in Tokyo - October, 2000
from Touring Japan with Florestan, October 2000, page 93:
Our concert is in Toppan Hall, a brand-new hall opened earlier this month. It's beautifully built with many details of design and workmanship one would not find in Britain... As I described on an earlier occasion, the rehearsal before this important concert is full of remarks that any outsider would construe as negative. This bit has been too slow, this slowing-down has got out of hand, the tension is missing here, that lead is hard to follow, the bowing is uncoordinated, this bit is always out of tune, the feeling is wrong. None of these remarks are personal or intended to hurt, but are … more >>
Susan Tomes, Touring Japan with Florestan, October 2000. In Beyond the notes : journeys with chamber music (Woodbridge, 2004), p. 93. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1403289956727 accessed: 8 December, 2024
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Listening to
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Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, op. 80
written by Robert Schumann |
performed by Florestan Trio |
Experience Information
Date/Time | October, 2000 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Possibly a morning or afternoon experience. Rather a 'rehearsal' than a 'performance'.