in Musashino - October, 2000, at night
from Touring Japan with Florestan, October 2000, pages 85-86:
Our first concert is in a new and impressive 500-seat concert hall in Musashino, a suburb of Tokyo. This is the first time we've played all three Schumann trios in one programme. Surprisingly, the Japanese audience follows in total silence. Are they gripped, or are they just well-behaved? At the end of the first half we realise that they are gripped. Several people behave in an un-Japanese way, clapping with their hands above their heads, shouting 'Bravo' - and this is only the interval! It's good to play pieces we know so well. There is no distracting mental effort of the wrong kind. We … more >>
Susan Tomes, Touring Japan with Florestan, October 2000. In Beyond the notes : journeys with chamber music (Woodbridge, 2004), p. 85-86. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1403287163627 accessed: 11 December, 2024
Listening to
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Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, op. 63
written by Robert Schumann |
performed by Florestan Trio |
Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, op. 80
written by Robert Schumann |
performed by Florestan Trio |
Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, op. 110
written by Robert Schumann |
performed by Florestan Trio |
Experience Information
Date/Time | October, 2000, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |