The Florestan Piano Trio will perform a classical program featuring Haydn, Brahms and Ives Saturday, March 15 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.
This marks the fourth Chamber Concert Series appearance by the trio, which has been performing together for more than 12 years.
The first piano trio to win the Royal Philharmonic Society Award in 2000, the Florestan Piano Trio features Susan Tomes, piano; Anthony Marwood, violin; and Richard Lester, cello. Their program will include Franz Joseph Haydn’s Piano Trio in D Major, Hob. XV:24; Johannes Brahms’ Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8; and Charles Ives’ Piano Trio.
The trio has performed at major European venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Brussels Conservatoire and the Società del Quartetto in Milan. Last season they toured the United States and Italy, and performed the complete Beethoven Trios in Düsseldorf.
The trio has received multiple nominations for Gramophone Awards, winning an award in 1999 for their Schumann disc. Their CD of French piano trios is one of Hyperion’s best-sellers in the chamber music field, and their complete recording of Mozart trios has been welcomed as the new benchmark recording of these works.
The trio has also established a charitable company, The Florestan Trust, which aims to develop public awareness and knowledge of music through the presentation of concerts, educational work and commissioning new works.
The concert is free for the Union College community, $20 for general admission and $8 for area students. For more information on the Series, or for ticket information, visit: http://www.union.edu/ConcertSeries.