 By 1893 Borwick had begun touring in Europe, and was playing in popular classical concerts at St James's Hall, and in chamber concerts with the Joachim Quartet.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'.