Susan Tomes in Auckland - October, 2001

from With Florestan in Australia and New Zealand, September/October 2001, pages 117-118:

Over a thousand people attend the concert, and rather alarmingly, I have to introduce the Fauré through a powerful microphone, but after the concert several people tell me that my words 'made all the difference'. The concert itself goes well, despite Richard's dropping his bow to the floor with a clatter during the Schubert. Yet, although I'm aware it's going well, I feel curiously detached. On the one hand, I feel relaxed and at home in this large handsome venue, but on the other, I feel isolated from everything and everyone.
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Susan Tomes, With Florestan in Australia and New Zealand, September/October 2001. In Beyond the notes : journeys with chamber music (Woodbridge, 2004), p. 117-118. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1404933707518 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Auckland

Listeners

Susan Tomes
Pianist, Writer
1954-

Listening to

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Piano Trio in D minor op. 120
written by Fauré
performed by Florestan Trio

Experience Information

Date/Time October, 2001
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by iepearson on Wed, 09 Jul 2014 20:21:47 +0100
Approved on Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:39:47 +0100