Frank Pommer, Die Rheinpfalz, 14th September 2020
“Chief conductor Michael Francis and artistic director Beat Fehlmann were able to come up with a very appealing, COVID-19-compliant replacement program, which let all wind (and double bass) musicians play first and then it was the string players’ turn. We have not seen this many musicians on a stage in months…
it was clear on Saturday that he is an excellent musician at the stand as well as an important partner to his orchestra, especially when it comes to the numerous tricky parts of the piece…
Sound surface, sounds, style quotations from past epochs: This was state-of-the-art music, interpreted timelessly and immaculately by the string players of the German State Philharmonic.”
