WFMT International Beethovenfest with Peter Van De Graaff September 5 - 13, 2009 $5,589 per person (based on single occupancy) plus $395 group travel insurance $6,379 per person (based on single occupancy) plus $395 group travel insurance Download Brochure  /  Registration Form Contact our Tour Specialist

PRICE INCLUDES: • Airfare from Chicago to Düsseldorf • Private Motorcoach Transfer to Bonn and to all Performances • 9 Days / 7 Nights Hotel: Collegium Leoninum Hotel • Four (4) Performances—All nine Beethoven symphonies • 7 Breakfasts, 2 Dinners • Tour of Cologne & Charlemagne Palace (Aachen) SPECIAL OFFERS: • Register by February 15, 2009 to receive a $ 75 early registration bonus per person. • Past WFMT Tour Participants will receive an additional discount.

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Saturday, September 5, 2009
Depart O’Hare for your overnight flight to Düsseldorf via Lufthansa

Sunday, September 6, 2009
Morning arrival in Düsseldorf with transfer to your hotel, the lovely Collegium Leoninum in Bonn. Day at leisure to explore. Welcome Dinner.

BEETHOVENFEST Every year in the autumn, Beethoven’s native city of Bonn celebrates the Beethovenfest, welcoming top international orchestras, well-known soloists, major ensembles and promising young performers. The tradition of Beethoven festivals in Bonn reaches back to 1845, when a three-day music event was held to mark the dedication of the Beethoven Monument on the Münsterplatz on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the composer’s birth. The Bonn Beethovenfest has existed in its modern form, namely an annual four-week festival in the late summer / early autumn, since 1999.

Monday, September 7, 2009
Breakfast at hotel. Half-day walking tour of Bonn. Balance of day at leisure.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Breakfast at hotel. Private motorcoach tour to Cologne and Aachen including Charlemagne Palace. Lunch on own. Dinner on own.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Breakfast at hotel. Day at leisure. Pre-performance lecture by Peter Van De Graaff. Private motorcoach transfer to tonight’s performance at Beethovenhalle. Symphony No 1 in C major, op. 21; Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 36; Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 (“Eroica”)

Thursday, September 10, 2009
Breakfast at hotel. Day at leisure. Pre-performance lecture by Peter Van De Graaff. Private motorcoach transfer to tonight’s performance at Beethovenhalle. Symphony No 4 in B major, op. 60; Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67

Friday, September 11, 2009
Breakfast at hotel. Day at leisure. Pre-performance lecture by Peter Van De Graaff. Private motorcoach transfer to tonight’s performance at Beethovenhalle. Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 (“Pastorale”); Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92

Saturday, September 12, 2009
Breakfast at hotel. Day at leisure. Pre-performance lecture by Peter Van De Graaff. Private motorcoach transfer to tonight’s performance at Beethovenhalle. Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93; Symphony No. 9 in D minor

Sunday, September 13, 2009
Breakfast at hotel. Private motorcoach transfer to Düsseldorf airport for your afternoon flight back to Chicago.