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ORPHEON CONCERT AT THE FESTIVAL IN ALGIER
December, 2007
The Festival
Algier
from the plane
View from our first hotel
Our driver for the week
and this is the vehicle!
The streets
Police and military everywhere
Our chauffeur took us to see all of those wonderful government buildings ...
in the city, which were in the news just about this time...
The construction workers, on the conservatory building
Our hotel: St. George, now Al Jazir
Our hotel: St. George, now Al Jazir
You first have to pass inspection...tougher than at airports!
Hotel service
Our hotel: St. George, now Al Jazir
Hotel dining area
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Omnipresent: the police and army
The building complex where the concerts took place
Monument to the martyrs of the Algerian Revolution
An excellent ensemble from Iraq, which performed one day before us
An excellent ensemble from Iraq, which performed one day before us
Concert in Algier
Enjoying excellent cuisine with that ensemble
Yes, we did play a concert: Telemann, Hume and Marais
And so did other groups
Going shopping, with escorts, of course!
Ottomann palace, now a museum
Our excursion to visit an Ottomann palace
Our guide (left) and Hanane, escort (middle)
Family quarters
View into the courtyard from the private quarters
The group
Orpheon representatives: Vit Bébar, Lúcia Krommer, José Vázquez
Lunch at the Conservatory
Previous festival
Beautiful posters!
Our escorts for the sightseeing trip to the Kasbah
Vit Bébar, Lúcia Krommer, José Vázquez at a second Ottoman Palace
Inspection entereing the airport
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Recovering lost energies
Flight to Milano
Our hotel in Milano (missed the connection to Vienna)
Back to Vienna!