Review

June 2024, Dirk Schauß, Online Merker

“The CD box “Beethoven: Symphonies No. 3, 5, 7, 9 (orchestrations by Gustav Mahler)” offers a fascinating journey through the musical universe of two titans of classical music: Ludwig van Beethoven and Gustav Mahler. Under the sensitive direction of Michael Francis, the German State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate presents an […]

11th May 2024, Gabrielle Calise, Tampa Bay Times

“Sting and members of his touring band sat onstage with the Florida Orchestra, playing special arrangements of his lush pop and rock tracks. Before just about every song, Englishman #1 (Sting) walked the crowd through his lyrics, offering behind-the-scenes commentary on his characters. Then Englishman #2 (musical […]

18th April 2024, Uwe Rauschelbach, Mannheimer Morgen

“Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto and his Fifth Symphony in one evening – as a concert-goer you are a little intimidated and feel the need for less opulence after the break at the latest. And yet, after the concert with the German State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate, you go home […]

Jan Benedict Tiggeler, Mannheimer Morgan, 3rd January 2024

“The German State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate under its chief conductor Michael Francis invited people to the New Year’s Concert – a successful home game between Vienna and Paris!…

The first Carmen Suite began the evening. Michael Francis, expressive and with precise signaling, spanned the arc from the threatening […]

Uwe Rauschelbach, Schwetzingen Zeitung, 4th July 2023

“Beethoven’s “Great Fugue” is already a renunciation of the familiar and the conventional. Music that is out of the ordinary. Who wants to go somewhere, but has no orientation or goal. Even the fugue pattern doesn’t hold up and is bursting at the seams. Under their chief conductor […]