The Florestan Trio has been played on NTS in shows including Sounds on Screen, featured first on 14 February 2024. Songs played include Piano Trio No 2 In E Flat Major, D929.

Anthony Marwood, violin Richard Lester, cello Susan Tomes, piano

Florestan is one of the world’s leading piano trios. The group stands in the great European tradition of chamber music playing which aims to make the expressive purpose of every detail understood, like the words in a sentence or paragraph – to make the music ‘speak’. This approach was epitomised by the violinist Sandor Végh, by whom all three players were taught. In 2000 the Trio was…