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Title: Happy New Year
Post by: Penny on January 01, 2015, 04:37:30 PM

Happy New Year to all Mahler enthusiasts everywhere, from Penny in Worcester UK.

Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: barry guerrero on January 02, 2015, 03:05:33 AM

hey Penny, same to you! Let's hope we have some fun Mahler stuff to talk about this year.

Barry

Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Penny on January 02, 2015, 11:42:53 AM

Well Barry, later this year (if all goes according to plan) I shall finally be doing the "Composing Huts" tour, to take in not only Steinbach, Maernigg and Dobbiaco but also Vienna and Jihlava!  I've wanted to do this for over 20 years, so am really looking foward to it!

Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Roffe on January 02, 2015, 12:50:02 PM

Lucky you. Sounds like a great idea.

Roffe

Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: waderice on January 02, 2015, 03:07:51 PM

Quote from: Penny on January 02, 2015, 11:42:53 AM

Well Barry, later this year (if all goes according to plan) I shall finally be doing the "Composing Huts" tour, to take in not only Steinbach, Maernigg and Dobbiaco but also Vienna and Jihlava!  I've wanted to do this for over 20 years, so am really looking foward to it!

I would love to know the details of who does this kind of tour.  Is there only one company or entity, or are there more?

Wade

Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Penny on January 02, 2015, 03:59:36 PM

Wade, the trip is being organised by GMS-UK, the British Mahler society.  I think about 20 of us are going, and the trip starts and finishes in Vienna, with a coach to the other locations. staying in various hotels.  We have to get ourselves to Vienna by whatever means (by air or rail), because we are coming from different parts of the UK.  Unfortunately I don't know of any company that does this tour commercially, which is a pity but then it is very specialised. 

Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: hrandall on January 02, 2015, 04:21:59 PM

Wow, sounds really interesting!

Happy New Year!

Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Paul on January 02, 2015, 05:52:35 PM

Happy New Year to everyone. Enjoy the trip, Penny. Living in Italy, I've had the chance to visit Dobbiaco several times. It's a most beautiful place and it's worwhile seeing the composing hut and the rooms where Mahler lived. An early morning walk down to the lake is recomended.

Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: barry guerrero on January 07, 2015, 09:25:47 AM

Penny, this sounds awesome. Good luck on this trip.

Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Penny on January 07, 2015, 05:37:57 PM

Thank you everybody.  It's a few months ahead yet, but Paul, I will try to make a point of walking down to the lake early in the morning. 

(I would have replied earlier but couldn't get onto the website for a few days for some reason.)