Irvin Kauffman and Adam Liu in Cologne
Entrance to Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
String sextet concert in Cologne
Cologne Radio Symphony poster
Doughnuts (Berliners) with tasty filling. Two for a Euro!
Jim Cunningham at Cologne Cathedral
Door of Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Cathedral statues
Facade of Cologne Cathedral
Archaeological dig in Cologne
PSO Associate Concertmaster Mark Huggins at the Cologne Rathaus
Monument to poet Karl Cramer
Detail of Karl Cramer monument
Judengasse sign at the Cologne Rathaus
Well at excavation site
No. 4711, the Cologne that's synonymous with the city.
Hier ist ein Berliner!
Contrabassoonist James Rodgers with groceries in Cologne
Exterior of Essen Philharmonie
This wood-paneled sound reflector and lighting fixture hangs above the stage at the Essen Philharmonie
Chad Winkler, trumpet at Essen Philharmonie
Cellist Hampton Mallory backstage in Essen
Principal Oboe Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida
Christine Schafer with flowers in Essen
Manfred Honeck bows into his bouquet
Jim Cunningham and Andrew Druckenbrod with broadcasting truck at the Beethovenhalle
Robert Schumann house in Bonn
Portrait of Robert Schumann
Room in the Schumann house, Bonn
Laurel branch, picked in 1878 by Brahms for Clara Schumann
Beethovenfest poster
The Rhine in Bonn
Beethoven's birthplace
Andy Warhol's Beethoven at Beethoven's Geburtshaus
Jim Cunningham at Beethoven's Geburtshaus
A German feast at Gasthaus Im Stiefel
Tuning up at the Beethovenfest
Violist Stephanie Tretick
Associate Pricipal Violist Tatjana Mead Chamis and daughter
Trumpeter Neal Berntsen sounding out the Beethovenhalle, Bonn
Trumpeter Neal Berntsen and daughter Molly
Microphones for the PSO's live broadcast from Bonn
Rehearsal at the Beethovenhalle
Berlin Air flight
Lake Lucerne boats
Lake boat
Jean Nouvel's KKL Luzern, home of the Lucerne Festival
Fountain at KKL Luzern
Principal Piccolo Rhian Kenny in Lucerne
Kultur und Kongresszentrum Luzern (culture and convention center)
Water outside the KKL Luzern
Water inside the KKL Lucerne
Water, water, everywhere
Pittsburgh Symphony rehearsal in Lucerne
David Sogg's impression of Joseph Keilberth
PSO Horns share a lakeside laugh
Map of Lucerne
Lake boats and swans
Photo of conductor Joseph Keilberth
Lucerne's Chapel Bridge, built in 1333
No Smoking (auf Deutsch)
Tourists on the bridge
One of the bridge's original paintings. Much of the bridge was rebuilt after a 1993 fire.
Viktoria Mullova and Jim Cunningham at the KKL concert hall
View of Lake Lucerne from Tribschen
PSO patron Millie Myers
Bust of Wagner at Tribschen
Wagner and Cunningham
Entrance to Tribschen
Richard Wagner's chair
Wagner's dog whip
Wagner's clothing
Staircase at Tribschen
Cosima and Richard Wagner
Wagner's death mask
Wagner's death mask in display case
Bust of Cosima Wagner
Rick LeBeau and Raphael Staubli at Tribschen
Wagner's piano
Wagner's piano closeup
Wagner's view of his Erard piano
Lucerne Bahnhof (train station)
Violist Paul Silver
Jim Cunningham in Lucerne
Lucerne crosswalk
Bustling Lucerne
Going “Cuckoo!” in Lucerne
More cuckoo clocks
Cuckoo closeup
Big cuckoo clock
Big prices
Bigger yet
Mini clocks
Clock tower in Lucerne
Hotel des Balances, Lucerne
Old friends, Andres Cardenes and Viktoria Mullova
Pittsburgh Symphony Concert at KKL Concert Hall
Kapellbrücke in Lucerne
Bodu brasserie in Lucerne
Blackberries in port cream sauce
Sarah O'Boyle, Andrew Wickesberg, and Joseph Rounds
Charles Lirette in Lucerne
Window shopping at a Lucerne chocolatier
Swiss chocolates
Merkur chocolates
Street life in Lucerne
Manfred Honeck applauds Christine Schäfer
Christine Schäfer interviewed by Jim Cunningham
Festival crowd at intermission
Guten Abend und aufwiedersehen, Lucerne
KKL backstage area
Heini Konditorei
Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble at the Lucerne Festival