By Gareth Davies | May 22, 2011 at 6:05 pm | 4 comments
The final day of the tour and we have a bit of a marathon to run, or hobble at any rate. Leaving the hotel at 6.45 am after a concert the night before in Lucerne, we get on a bus which takes us on a short journey to Zurich airport to arrive by 7am. Sunday mornings are never...
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By Gareth Davies | May 19, 2011 at 2:41 pm | No comments
The orchestra sat in near silence on the train this morning. The tension rising with the outside temperature as we sped through the mountains. I haven't felt this much pressure on a train since Sue Mallet was on a trip and was looking for volunteers for something or other. She...
Posted in: LSO On Tour, Switzerland & Leipzig May 2011