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A monument of Guillaume II stands tall in Luxembourg City.
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CSO Violin Lei Hou and Horn Jim Smelser browse in the outdoor market in Luxembourg.
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A view of Luxembourg City from the bridge leading into town.
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CSO Principal Trombone Jay Friedman and his wife, Gail, stroll through downtown Luxembourg on Saturday.
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CSO Principal Oboe Eugene Izotov leads a master class for young musicians in Luxembourg on Saturday afternoon.
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CSO musicians arrive at the artists’ entrance of the Philharmonie for the concert Saturday night in Luxembourg.
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CSO Violin Cornelius Chiu gets ready on stage for the tour's final performance.
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CSO Principal Timpani David Herbert warms up before a concert. | © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2014
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CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen smiles at his colleagues as he tunes the Orchestra for the concert Saturday night.
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Maestro Muti and the CSO take a bow for the full house at the Philharmonie before the concert.
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CSO Principal Bass Alex Hanna performs during Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
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Maestro Muti and the CSO take a bow before intermission on Saturday night.
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CSO basses sit neatly on stage during intermission on Saturday night.
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CSO Horn Oto Carrillo take a rest between the trunks during intermission Saturday night.
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CSO Percussion Jim Ross plays the CSO's offstage bells during Berlioz's “Symphonie fantastique.”
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The full house gives the CSO a standing ovation at the end of the concert Saturday.
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Maestro Muti leads the CSO in the final encore of the tour: the overture to Verdi’s “Nabucco.”
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Maestro Muti stands with the strings in a final bow for the audience in Luxembourg.
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Maestro Muti greets members of the CSO backstage after the final tour concert.
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CSO Principal Librarian Peter Conover collects the music to pack in the library trunk for the trip home.
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Philharmonie stagehands help the CSO crew with load-out on Saturday after the concert.
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CSO stagehand Todd Snick makes sure instrument trunks are loaded and locked for the trip home on Sunday.
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At the Philharmonie Luxembourg, a full house gives the Chicago Symphony Orchestra a standing ovation. (That’s CSOA President Deborah Rutter, looking toward the camera, at lower left.)