CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA YOUTH ORCHESTRA MEMBERS  REPORT FOR WCLV ON THEIR EUROPEAN ADVENTURE


The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra is off on its first
European tour, June 13 -21, with concerts in Prague,
Vienna and Salzburg. And three members of the ensemble 
will report back to Cleveland via WCLV on the concerts
and activities.

The Youth Orchestra will be conducted by its music director,
James Feddeck, who is also assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra. The repertoire includes Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8, Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations, Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture, and music from Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, all pieces performed on the pre-tour concert at Severance Hall on June 9th, a concert broadcast live by WCLV. 

In addition to concerts, tour activities for the Youth Orchestra members include guided historic sightseeing tours of Prague (including Karlstejn Castle and Terezin concentration camp), visits to the Vienna Musikverein and Vienna’s Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery, where many famous composers are buried, including Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, and Johann Strauss Jr.), and stops at Mozart’s birthplace and the Mirabel Gardens in Salzburg.

Here is the schedule of the tour reports:

DATE	EUROPEAN LOCATION and REPORTER	EURO TIME	AIRED ON WCLV
Sat June 16	Prague During river cruise and                  dinner Isaac Kay, violin (recent graduate)	8:00 - 8:30 PM	Sat 6/16 during Intermission of TCO concert at 8:00 PM Sun 6/17 during intermission of TCO concert at 4:00 PM
Tue June 19	Vienna - Mirabell             Gardens Arthur Erlendsson, violin/keyboard, although he is only playing violin on tour (rising senior at Hawken School)	4:00 - 4:30 PM	Tue 6/19 5:20 PM Wed 6/20 8:50 AM
Wed 6/20	Salzburg Dinner at                         Sternbrau   Henry Shapard, cello (rising freshman at University School)	10:00 10:30 PM	Wed 6/20 5:20 PM Thu 6/21 8:50 AM