Antikenmuseum horse in Basel
PSO hornist Zachary Smith and tour "extra" hornist Robert Rydell of the Charlotte Symphony.
PSO trumpeters Chad Winkler and Neal Berntsen on the train
Chad Winkler and Neal Berntsen in "trumpet city," Bad Säckingen in Germany
Picasso blows the trumpet
Aida trumpets
Reiche trumpets
Adolf Scherbaum, the man who "rediscovered the Baroque trumpet"
Scherbaum's trumpet
Glass trumpet
Trumpets of many regions
Trumpet postcards
Opera poster for "The Trumpeter of Säckingen"
Louis Armstrong-style trumpets
Adolphe Sax's 1885 cobra-shaped trumpet
PSO trumpeter Chad Winkler with portrait of Reiche
Jean-Baptiste Arban
Signal horns
Renowned trumpeter and museum foumder Edward Tarr with Jim Cunningham
The Rhine, which separates Bad Säckingen, Germany from Switzerland.
Street in Bad Säckingen
Das Golden Arches introduces the cupcake to Germany
Welcome to Bad Säckingen, Germany
Bahnhof in Bad Säckingen
PSO Tubist Craig Knox carries a bicycle between train platforms
Deutsche Bahn
Erdbeeren torte
Basquiat exhibition at the Beyeler Museum, Basel
Basquiat at the Beyeler
Beyeler Museum
Jim Cunningam at the Beyeler Museum
Swiss cow
Alexander Calder's "The Tree" (1966)
Swiss cheese menu
French Fromage
Basel flea market
Glausi's cheese shop
Rathaus in Basel
Stadtcasino Musiksaal in Basel
Concertmaster Andres Cardenes warms up backstage in Basel
Professional Beach Volleyball in Basel
Honeck and the PSO take a bow in Basel
Jim Cunningham at the Stadtcasino Basel
Stadtcasino Musiksaal in Basel, Switzerland
Outdoor chess at the Jean Tinguely Museum
Jean Tinguely Museum fountain
Jean Tinguely Museum
Curved hallway at the Jean Tinguely Museum
Meta Harmonie II, a music-making dynamic sculpture by Jean Tinguely
Youth choir performance
Jugendgottesdienst poster
Stuttgart Art Museum
Konigstrasse, Stuttgart
Liederhalle in Stuttgart
Bust of Franz Schubert
Stuttgart Liederhalle
The Stiftskirche in Stuttgart, whose foundation dates from the 11th century
American Days banner in chilly Stuttgart (May 6-16)
Fountain at Schlossplatz Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart
Schlossplatz Kunstmuseum in Stuttgart
Shiny, happy busker
Kaiser Wilhelm I on his horse
Cello of Claus von Stauffenberg (portrayed by Tom Cruise in "Valkyrie"), who conspired to assassinate Hitler
A bronze Ode to poet Friedrich Schiller
Schiller
Stuttgart train station
Mandy and Joann Vosburgh, Manfred Honeck, and George Vosburgh
Boarding the TGV
Kate (?), and Irina Laraby-Goldwasser
Gare de L'Est in Paris
PSO members Michael Lipman, Paul Silver, and guest hornist Robert Rydell
Posters for Wagner's Die Walküre at the Opera Bastille in Paris
Jim Cunningham with the Eiffel Tower
Under the Eiffel Twoer
Paris streets
The Seine and Notre Dame
Croque madam at the Café Deux Palais in Paris. Bonjour!
Palais de Justice in Paris
Belmondo
Booksellers by the Seine
The Louvre
Jim Cunningham at the Louvre
Paul Silver (of the Pittsburgh Symphony, not of Paul Patisserie)
Tuileries sign
Statue of a Nymph (1866) by Louis Auguste Lévêque at the Tuileries, Paris
Salle Pleyel poster in Paris
Salle Pleyel banner
Salle Pleyel streetscape
Near the Salle Pleyel
Stage of the renovated Salle Pleyel
Salle Pleyel orchestra seating
Pittsburgh Symphony in the sold-out Salle Pleyel, Paris
Hugues de Saint Simon, Secretary General of the Salle Pleyel
Paris at Night
Protesters in Paris
Paris church
Alte Oper, Frankfurt
Detail of Alte Oper, Frankfurt
Buy now and save!
Alte Oper subway stop in Frankfurt
Hot Goulash
Soup for you
Frankfurt Hilton
Sign at the Altes Oper, Frankfurt
Café Rosso at the Alte Oper
PSO Cellist Mikhail Istomin at the Altes Oper in Frankfurt
Frankfurt skyscrapers
PSO Violinist David Gillis in Frankfurt
Emanuel Ax backstage at the Altes Oper, Frankfurt
The Hindemith Foyer at the Altes Oper, Frankfurt
Pittsburgh Symphony on stage at the Altes Oper, Frankfurt
No Trespassing
Photo of Herbert von Karajan at the Alte Oper
Altes Oper from the stage (blurry)
Johann Goethe monument in Frankfurt
Goethe takes a shower in the Frankfurt rain
Goethe's upright piano
Goethe's spinet
Goethe's library
Goethe's tall writing desk
Goethe's puppet theater stage
Pittsburgh Symphony/William Steinberg LP in Frankfurt
Goethe House Museum sign
Goetheplatz, Frankfurt
PSO Resident Conductor Lawrence Loh listens to his iPhone outside the Frankfurt Apple Store
Es gibt eine App dafür! (There's an app for that)
Spargel
Jim Cunningham with PSO members Sarah Clendenning and Hampton Mallory
Luxembourg street light
Museum of Natural History and Art, Luxembourg
Narrow Luxembourg street
Statue of St. Michael. dragon slayer
Jim Cunningham in Luxembourg
Luxembourg valley and bridge
World War I Memorial
Underwear shop in Luxembourg
Pittsburgh Symphony poster in Luxembourg
PSO Bassoonist and bicyclist David Sogg
Percussionist Andrew Reamer with his folding bike
Backstage sign
European Union offices
Dominique Hansen, Eric and Renee Osch
Grand Auditorium of the Philharmonie Luxembourg (blurry)
Philharmonie Luxembourg at sunset
Applause for the Pittsburgh Symphony in Luxembourg
Lighted "cube" at the Philharmonie Luxembourg
Steel Columns surrounding the Philharmonie Luxembourg
Goethe's writing room
I. M. Pei's Musée Art Moderne, Luxembourg
Claude Lévêcque "Untitled (Arbeit Macht Frei)" 1992
Musée Art Moderne café
Pear tart at the Musée Art Moderne
WWI Artifacts at Bastogne, Belgium
Glorious Bastards
WWII artillery shells
Memorial to US 101st Arborne Division
Jim Cunningham at the Belgian-American Memorial at Mardasson Hill, Belgium
"The People of Belgium Remember Their American Liberators" (inscribed on central plaque)
Percussionist John Soroka at the Bastogne Historical Center
Matthias Naske, Director General of the Philharmonie Luxembourg
Joséphine-Charlotte, Patroness of the Philharmonie Luxembourg
Anne-Sophie Mutter in aquamarine blue with Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony in Luxembourg
Vioinist Rachel Stegeman and hornist Bob Lauver
Bassoonist James Rodgers knits in flght tp Prague
Rockin' Prague's town square
Astronomical clock at the town square in Prague
Jim Cunningham in Prague
PSO Principal Oboist Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida and QED's Jim Cunningham
PSO Principal Bass Trombonist Murray Crewe
Murray Crewe models Soviet Army fur hat
Dixieland on the Moldau
For luck?
Bedrich Smetana's eye glasses
Smetana Museum, Prague
Smetana's podium
You, too, can conduct
Reflections on the Moldau
Smetana Hall café
Smetana Hall entrance
Smetana Hall interior
Smetana Hall oculus
Smetana Hall organ
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony rehearse Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5
Oculus at night, Smetana Hall, Prague
Applause for the PSO winds & brass
Jack Allen in Prague
Zwinger Museum, Dresden, Germany
Martin Luther statue
Poster for the Dresden Musikfestspiele. Festival Director and cellist Jan Vogler plays Schumann with the Pittsburgh Symphony
An Opel Astra wagon from MDR, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, a German regional public broadcaster
Big-budget broadcasting
Backstage at the Semperoper
Stairway at the Semperoper
Dresden's Semperoper, where eight Richard Strauss operas premiered
Semperoper ceiling
Anywhere the PSO plays, John Soroka and Peter Snitkovsky keep their backgammon rivalry going
Production crew in the wings at the Semperoper
Achtung!
Cello soloist and Dresden Music Festival director Jan Vogler takes a bow with Manfred Honeck
The Pittsburgh Symphony at the Semperoper, Dresden, May 23, 2010
MDR (Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk) announcer, Isabel Roth
Semperoper at noght
PSO violinist Louis Lev meets his idol, chess International Grandmaster Wolfgang Uhlmann and his wife at the Semperoper, Dresden
"Why must I clean my room when the world is in chaos?"
Kiosk in Vienna
Vienna's Walk of Fame: Brahms, Schönberg, Hindemith, et. al.
Percussionist Christopher Allen has a seat (in the PSO) for the Pittsburgh Symphony's sold-out concert in Vienna
Wiener Musikverein, home of the Vienna Philharmonic
Schreiberhaus
Vienna's vineyards
Julia Wehmeier, Jim Cuningham, Erika Wehmeier
Flaming roast pig at the Schreiberhaus
PSO violinist Laura Motchalov and percussion "extra" Michel Pape with an Apple iPad in Vienna
Original Sacher Torte (since 1832) and Kafee mit Schlag at the Hotel Sacher, Vienna
Dining tables at the Café Sacher
Hotel Sacher lounge
Famous Hotel Sacher guests
Hotel Sacher and Casino Wien
Staatsoper Wien (Vienna State Opera)
Giant HD video screen in trompe l'oeil mode at the Vienna State Opera
The Albertina art museum
Austrian Theater Museum
Gustav Mahler's glasses
Mahler sesquicentennial exhibition at the Vienna Theater Museum
Eroica Room ceiling at the Lobkowitz palace (Austrian Theater Museum)
Mahler death mask
Lobkowitz palace
CD shop on the Kaerntnerstrasse, Vienna
Vivaldi lived here (on the site now occupied by the Hotel Sacher)
Lobmeyer Crystal, Vienna
Vienna's Lobmeyer made the crystal chandeliers for the Metropolitan Opera, NYC
Kleines Café, Vienna
Franziskander Platz
Apple Strudel and cider
Stadtpark (no dogs, bicycles, or trampling on flowers)
Floral clock in Vienna's Stadpark "Our Garden"
Tourists pose at the Johann Strauss memorial
Vienna Stadtpark beer garden
Spargel is still in season
World-class brass players in the Biergarten: Craig Knox, Peter Sullivan, Johann Ströcker, James Nova
Wood-framed seats at the Vienna Musikverein
Contrabass storage
Musikverein hallway with mirrors. Is your bow tie on straight?
Bust of Franz Liszt as Vienna's Musikverein
Mozart statue at Musikverein, Vienna
Gilded lobby ceiling in the Musikverein, Vienna
The Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein
Golden column figures support the balconies in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein
Broadcast control room at the Musikverein, Vienna
Home of Vienna's Imperial Torte, rival of the better-known Sacher Torte
Mélange (half coffee and half hot, whisked milk) and a Gugelhupf at the Café Imperial, Vienna
Gugelhupf in closeup
Julia and Erika Wehmeier at Hotel Imperial, Vienna
Beethoven statue, Vienna
Andres Cardenes at Vienna's Musikverein, on his final tour as Concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony
St. Charles, Vienna
Treats at the Musikverein, Vienna
Musikverein balcony
Intermission at the Musikverein
Taking a bow at the Musikverein
Honeck family members with Jim Cunningham
Photoprint conceals scaffolding as workers clean St. Stephen's Cathedral. Vienna
Laser in the nave of St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna
The famous tiled roof of St. Stephen's, Vienna
St. Peter's church, close to St. Stephen's in Vienna
Demel's pastry shop, Vienna
Bakers at Demel's in Vienna
Demel's apple strudel
Figures copied from the Musikverein grace the entrance to Meinl's coffee and gourmet shop in Vienna
Viennese book store window
Café Central in Vienna, the capital of café culture
Sweets at Café Central, Vienna
A likeness of Viennese writer Peter Altenberg, who listed the Café Central as his home address
Even the Wurst of Vienna goes better with Coke
Mahler in the Musikverein
Musikverein hallway
Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter cheers for PSO Principal Oboist Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida at Vienna's Musikverein
Vienna applauds Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Pittsburgh Symphony
PSO violinists Kristina Yoder, Christopher Wu, Sarah Clendenning, Jeremy Black
The PSO's eight horns, standing, in the finale of Mahler's Symphony No. 1 at the Vienna Musikverein
Pittsburgh Symphony Concertmaster Andres Cardenes flanked by Sibylle and Matthias Honeck
Mildred Miller Posvar and friend
Musikverein at night
At the Bartok Museum, Budapest with tour guide Agnes Boobelly
Bartok Museum, Budapest
Geoffrey Thomas and Jim Cunningham
Girbeaud
Moscow Tér stop, Budapest Metro
Looking across the Danube river from Buda to Pest
Váci utca in Budapest
Clock and street sign in Budapest
National Concert Hall, Budapest
Jim Cunningham and Anne-Sophie Mutter backstage in Budapest
Pulling out all the stops in the lobby of the National Concert Hall, Budapest
Coming attractions in Budapest
Tom and Jamee Todd, Jayne Adair and Basil Cox
Welcome to Ljubljana, Slovenia
Opera house, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ljubljana Opera House
Pittsburgh Symphony Music Director Manfred Honeck holds a photo of his predecessor, Fritz Reiner, while meeting with Reiner's grandson, Vladimir Assejev
Manfred Honeck holds photo of Fritz Reiner, inscribed, "For my beloved children ..."
"Dear Son-in-law," postcard from Fritz Reiner
Fritz Reiner's Weston, Connecticut home, "Rambleside," in summer 1945
Fritz Reiner lighting his pipe
Letter from Fritz Reiner to his daughters, Tuśy and Eva
Young Vladimir Assejev with his grandfather, Fritz Reiner, at the Ljubljana Opera House
Fritz Reiner portrait
Vladimir Assejev with Leonard Bernstein
Postcard of Fritz Reiner lighting up.
Postcard, "It was a windy day and the cigarette would not light."
Vladimir Assejev with Jim Cunningham
Kilometers from Ljubljana to ...
Prešeren Square, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ljubljana, the Venice of Slovenia
Socialist architecture in Ljubljana
Exterior of Cankarjev dom concert hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Vstop!
Audience seating in the national concert hall, Ljubljana
Rodrigo Ojeda at the celesta
The PSO moves in, backstage in Ljubljana
The Pittsburgh Symphony's John Moore frees his bass from its travel case
Principal Cellist Anne Martindale Williams warms up backstage in Ljubljana
PSO stagehands John Karapandi and Rocky Esposito
The Pittsburgh Symphony awaits Music Director Manfred Honeck in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Manfred Honeck takes his place on the podium with the Pittsburgh Symphony in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Cellist Jan Vogler and PSO Vice President of Artistic Planning & Audience Engagement Robert Moir
Product display in hotel lobby
Arc de Triomphe
Maserati Quattroporte in Paris
Maserati
Koenigsegg CCXR with unique turquoise color, owned by the Al-Thani family of Qatar
Swedish-built Koenigsegg CCXR. Carbon fiber body. 1,018 horsepower twin-supercharged aluminum V8. Zero to 60 in 3 seconds
Just a Rolls Royce 200EX Ghost
Might as well be a Chevy, compared to an at least $1.2 million and perhaps up to $4.8 million Koenigsegg
