Sunday evening. The days festivities continued with everyone piling into two huge buses and heading out to the Baroque Eggenberg Palace. We are there at the official invitation of the Governor of the Steiermark and we have the place to ourselves. I participated in this special event last year. Eggenberg is still enchanting. The weather was perfect: cool and no rain. It is a formal affair and everyone dresses up in their best finery. After admiring the inner courtyard whilst being serenaded by a brass ensemble playing Renaissance tunes we moved into the Planetensaal, a stunning Baroque period room. An ensemble played (magnificently) a movement from the Schubert Octet and the chorus again sang a few numbers. After that there was a light supper of open sandwiches and drinks. It was a delightful evening. The photos show the inner courtyard of the Schloss and myself together with my friend, the conductor Wei-zhi Wang. Behind us part of the Planetensaal is visible.
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