http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/Locarno.html Locarno, Switzerland, a picturesque town on the shores of Lake Maggiore north of Milan, hosts the Ascona Festival in two historic churches in the area. The Minnesota Orchestra will perform works by Sibelius and Mahler in the Chiesa di San Francesco, a 14th century church built over an original Franciscan church dating from the early 1200s. Q &amp; A Read the Press from the Tour iWeb 1.1.1 http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/Locarno_files/last_bows.png http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/Locarno.html Concert Photo Album http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Concert_Photos.html http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Concert_Photos.html Fri, 1 Sep 2006 10:52:31 -0500 <a href="http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/C7F530C7-8B47-465E-B5DB-E090ECDB3BCF_files/last_bows_1.jpg"><img src="http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/Images/last_bows.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"/></a>View a photo album from the last concert of the tour, in Lugano. Bass section brings the house down http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/8335B484-68EA-4B88-A26E-1FE1B0CBE58A.html http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/8335B484-68EA-4B88-A26E-1FE1B0CBE58A.html Fri, 1 Sep 2006 10:42:18 -0500 <a href="http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/8335B484-68EA-4B88-A26E-1FE1B0CBE58A_files/wm_church_1.jpg"><img src="http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/Images/wm_church.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"/></a>You really haven’t lived until you’ve heard Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony performed in a 14th century church * there really is no way to describe it. Certainly powerful and admittedly loud, but also Musician Photo Album http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Musician_Photos.html http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Musician_Photos.html Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:57:23 -0500 <a href="http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/CC829F21-62FF-4B51-8F46-0B3DA70C01B7_files/OV_1.jpg"><img src="http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/Images/OV.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"/></a>View an album of orchestra musicians from this tour. Photo Album http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/27513CB5-4763-414B-B8B3-D34E39F8C350.html http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/27513CB5-4763-414B-B8B3-D34E39F8C350.html Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:48:39 -0500 <a href="http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/27513CB5-4763-414B-B8B3-D34E39F8C350_files/shoreline_1.jpg"><img src="http://mnorch.mightymedia.com/LocarnoSite/Locarno/Images/shoreline.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"/></a>View photos from the beautiful lakeside town of Locarno.