Posted on Mar 13, 2008

The Florestan Piano Trio: Richard Lester, cello; Anthony Marwood, violin; and Susan Tomes, piano, performs Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.

The Florestan Piano Trio will perform a classical program from Haydn, Brahms and Ives Saturday, March 15 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.

Winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society Award in 2000, this British group features Susan Tomes on piano, Anthony Marwood on violin and Richard Lester on 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 (1911).

The group has played together for more than 12 years, performing at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Brussels Conservatoire, the Società del Quartetto in Milan and other major European venues. Last season they toured the United States and Italy. Each June, they play a four-day festival in Peasmarsh, East Sussex. 

Saturday’s concert is free for the Union community, $20 for general admission and $8 for area students. For more information, visit: http://www.union.edu/ConcertSeries.