Stringing Along

Violist Sam Bergman is chronicling the Minnesota Orchestra's concert tour for ArtsJournal in a "temporary blog" called "Road Trip":

When you play nearly 200 concerts a year, it can be difficult to remember that you're supposed to make each one feel like a special event. As hard as we try to give our all every time we step on stage, there are obviously concerts that end up feeling, well, routine. (As Osmo said at a post-concert reception last night, speaking of the Romeo & Juliet suite, "It is a hard thing to die every night, twice, even if we know we must.")