Jim Farber, San Francisco Classical Voice, 25th June 2019 "The concert at the Balboa Theater in downtown San Diego (a beautifully restored and acoustically bright former movie palace) began with…
Ken Herman, San Diego Story, 14th June 2019 "Haydn’s Symphony No. 49 in F Minor, “La passione,” speaks the language of spiritual drama rather than Mozart’s realm of social and…
Ken Herman, San Diego Story, 9th June 2019 "Francis conducted a compelling and impressively insightful interpretation of [Mendenlssohn's] “Reformation” Symphony, elegantly delineating its many deftly scored contrapuntal sections—even in the…
Christian Hertzog, U-T San Diego, 9th June 2019 "The orchestra was precise, responsive to Francis’ conducting, with an effortless beauty of tone. The concert began with a spirited performance of…
Stephan Hoffman, Mannheimer Morgen, 12th March 2019 "At the concert at Mannheimer Rosengarten, it was immediately obvious: The two are a match made in heaven. The orchestra played Beethoven's Second…
Karl Georg Berg, Die Rheinpfalz, 9th March 2019 "Symphony No. 2 in D major (Op. 36) by Beethoven was charged with explosive energy by the British maestro Michael Francis from…
Ron Bierman, Broadway World, 22nd January 2019 "British conductor Michael Francis is known to San Diego concert goers as the music director of the city's Mainly Mozart Festival. Since taking…
Ken Herman, San Diego Story, 19th January 2019 "[Michael Francis] did successfully refreshed Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique for his listeners’ ears. Maintaining sparkling, transparent textures, choosing exquisitely calibrated tempos, and keeping…
Bill DeYoung, St. Pete Cataylst, 15th January 2019 Suave, erudite and comfortable in a tuxedo, native Londoner Michael Francis could very well be Tampa Bay’s James Bond – if, that…
Palatinate Ticker, Die Rheinpfalz, 6th December 2018 Born in 1976, British conductor Michael Francis was introduced on Thursday at the Ludwigshafen Philharmonic as the new chief conductor of the Deutsche…
