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Guido Frackers and Nicky Kouffeld of TravTours collect the Orchestra’s luggage for transport to the Tenerife airport.
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CSO staff members coordinate details for the flight to Germany on Wednesday.
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CSO Viola Yukiko Ogura has breakfast on Wednesday morning before the flight to Germany.
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CSO Second Flute Louise Dixon uses the lobby Wi-Fi before the trip to the airport Wednesday morning.
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CSO musicians leave the hotel in Tenerife to board the bus to the airport on Wednesday.
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CSO Violin Qing Hou and her son, Maurice, on their way to the bus.
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Canary Islands Music Festival Director Candelaria Rodriguez bids the CSO farewell and thanks them for their participation in the festival.
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Boarding passes for the flight to Germany are distributed to musicians at the airport in Tenerife.
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Guido Frackers of TravTours hopes for a lift to the check-in area at the airport.
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CSO Cello Karen Basrak does a bit of souvenir shopping at the Tenerife airport.
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CSO Cello Richard Hirschl boards the plane for the flight to Germany.
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CSO Viola Dan Orbach and other CSO musicians find their seats on the Air Berlin flight to Germany.
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CSO Guest Principal Clarinet Alexander Bedenko is ready for the 4 1/2-hour flight to Germany.
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CSO Violin Melanie Kupchynsky passes the time with her iPad during the flight to Germany.
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CSO Violin Rachel Goldstein deplanes after arriving at the Dusseldorf airport. Up next: a short drive to Essen.
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CSO Horn Jim Smelser and Viola Larry Neuman research points of interest in Essen during the bus ride from the airport to the hotel.
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What's dinner at a German restaurant without a German beer?
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Maestro and Mrs. Muti join the CSO staff and crew for dinner in Essen on Wednesday night.
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One meter of German sausage, neatly served!
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Maestro and Mrs. Muti join the CSO staff and crew for dinner in Essen on Wednesday night.