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Last blog from Vienna with the Cleveland Orchestra!

The last two days in Vienna were filled with wonderful activities. The orchestra had Thursday free until the evening, so some of my collegues and I took a day trip to Baden, a nearby town known for it's mineral baths and casino and frequently visited by famous composers during the summers of the 19th century. (Beethoven wrote a good portion of the 9th symphony there) There is a wonderful park on a hill that leads into the Vienna Woods (the "Wiener Wald") so we had a scenic 3 hour walk among the fall colors and bucolic beauty of the Austrian hills. Thursday night's concert started with Ligeti's "Lontano", a hauntingly beautiful work. The second half of the concert was taken up by Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony. To see pictures of the orchestra playing in Vienna's famous Musikvereinsaal and hear a clip from the end of the first movement of the Bruckner symphony, click below:
http://rogermastroianni.com/multimedia/bruckner9/
The audience loved this Austrian piece conducted by an Austrian conductor and performed by one of America's great orchestras!!
The final concert was on Friday night (November 3rd) with just one piece, Gustav Mahler's monumental 2nd Symphony (the "Resurrection" symphony). The orchestra sounded magnificent, as well as the vocal soloists and Vienna State Opera chorus, and it was a world-class performance in one of the greatest concert halls in the world. For me it was a great experience and a highlight of my musical career. After 29 years with the orchestra it was still a thrill to play this great piece in the Musikvereinsaal!!
The trip home was long but uneventful, even though we had a long layover in Chicago before flying home to Cleveland. Some of the orchestra members took a different flight than the rest of the orchestra and ended up sleeping on the floor of the Boston airport! Aparently the remnants of hurricane Noel forced the closing of the airport and for them the trip took 42 hours!
I'm glad to be back and this week we have the pleasure of performing with Herbert Blomstedt, who is a fine conductor. Of course catching up on my listings will be a challenge and I hope to write 3 listings this coming week, so I'll be busy! I hope you're having a good week and thanks for following my blog! If you would to see reviews of the Cleveland Orchestra tour, go to www.clevelandorchestra.com. Please visit my websites!!
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