 Shaw thought his playing of Chopin's "Funeral March" Sonata in October was excellent, but disliked Borwick's attempts to 'sentimentalise and prettify' Beethoven.In February 1894 at the popular concerts, late in the B flat sonata, D. 960 of Schubert, and in Schumann pieces, he seemed to be 'dreaming about the pieces rather than thinking about them'.When Borwick came to the platform, he sat meditatively before the keyboard for some moments before acknowledging the audience, and when playing he became so absorbed that he forgot the audience.