Minnesota Orchestra EuroTour

On The Road

Birge

John Birge, the host of MPR's afternoon classical music programming, interviews members of the tour.
Bill Schrickle Mar. 2
Michael Sutton Feb. 26
Bill Schrickle Feb. 24
Karl Reichert Feb. 20
(RealAudio 3.0 14.4)

Mary Ann Feldman is the program annotator for the Minnesota Orchestra. Listen to her report from Stuttgart, Germany.

Sherry Davis of MPR's development staff reports from Reading, England.

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The Minnesota Orchestra's European Tour!
Enjoy the works the orchestra performed on its 1998 tour. Audio files are provided in RealAudio 3.0 28.8 format. To listen you'll need a sound card in your computer, a 28.8 kbps or faster Internet connection, and a free RealPlayer available from http://www.realaudio.com.

Performance Guide: A comprehensive calendar of performances with concerts and interviews with guest artists for you to listen to.

Musical Selections: A catalog of the music in the tour repertoire, indexed by composer and including details about the recordings used to create the virtual tour performances.

NOTE: The recordings used to create these virtual performances come from MPR' s music library and were specially selected for their relevance to the Minnesota Orchestra and its guest performers.

Tour Dates
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Wednesday, February 18
Barbican Centre, London, England

Thursday, February 19
Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, England

Friday, February 20
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England

Saturday, February 21
Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, England

Sunday, February 22
The Hexagon, Reading, England

Tuesday, February 24
Theatre des Champs Elysees, Paris, France

Wednesday, February 25
Tonhalle, Dusseldorf, Germany

Thursday, February 26
Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany

Friday, February 27
Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany

Sunday, March 1
Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany

Monday, March 2
Rosengarten, Mannheim, Germany

Tuesday, March 3
Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Wednesday, March 4
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria

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