… each summer as part of the Festival. This year, I was lucky enough to gain a place and, spent six weeks touring around Northern Germany (amongst other places) with the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra. Here’s a look at what we got up to... The tree warehouse (Baumschule) where Radu Lupu performed Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, surrounded by conifers and pines! In the first week, it was evident that a lot of people were nervous - many of the musicians (myself included) knew no-one else in the orchestra before arriving in Rendsburg - the town where we were …