Leaving Edinburgh is hard to do
Saturday, August 26, 2006
The Orchestra arrived in Helsinki Saturday night after one of the craziest travel days on record. Edinburgh’s population swells by several million during the International and Fringe festivals and
Scottish Brogue
Saturday, August 26, 2006
A Scottish bus driver explains, in the famous Scottish Brogue, why traffic is so congested during the festival season. Quicktime 3MB
Photo Album - Edinburgh During the Fringe
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Orchestra members had a few hours to explore Edinburgh before leaving for Helsinki on Saturday morning.
Photo Album - Backstage in Edinburgh
Friday, August 25, 2006
The orchestra is in Edinburgh to play at the International Festival. View the photo album from backstage at the rehearsal.
Edinburgh, a City of Festivals
Friday, August 25, 2006
The fifth day of our tour finds us pulling into Edinburgh, Scotland, quite possibly the most beautiful city in the British Isles. Edinburgh is chock full of ancient castles, grassy hillsides, and
For three weeks in late summer, the Edinburgh International Festival presents instrumental music, opera, theater and dance performances in venues throughout the city. It runs concurrently with the original "Fringe Festival" on which the popular Twin Cities' Fringe Festival is modeled. It is only one of several arts festivals which have a home in the city. The Orchestra will perform Samuel Barber’s Essay No. 1, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Stravinsky’s Petrushka at Usher Hall on August 25th. Q & A
