Concert review
Sarah Bryan Miller, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 24th November 2018 "Francis made a masterful case for [Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 2, “A London Symphony,”], aided by the orchestra."
Sarah Bryan Miller, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 24th November 2018 "Francis made a masterful case for [Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 2, “A London Symphony,”], aided by the orchestra."
Andrew Meacham, Tampa Bay Times, 9th November 2018 "[T]he Florida Orchestra and the Florida Holocaust Museum collaborate to remember Kristallnacht, the 'night of broken glass,' and uplift its victims. This…
Andrew Meacham, Tampa Bay Times, 5th September 2018 The Florida Orchestra has prepared a 51st season with a wide range of grand masters and newer work, an increased visibility for…
Timothy Robson, Cleveland Classical, 8th August 2018 "The Cleveland Orchestra played a concise and musically satisfying program of works by three Czech composers: Smetana, Janáček, and Dvořák. British conductor Michael…
Mark Satola, The Plain Dealer, 6th August 2018 "Guest conductor Michael Francis, music director of the Tampa Bay-based Florida Orchestra since 2015, delivered electrifying performances of Smetana's "Sarka," Janacek's "Taras…
Mike Telin, Cleveland Classical, 31st July 2018 When Michael Francis made his Cleveland Orchestra debut last summer, the British-born conductor brought along a program that featured music by Elgar and…
Ken Herman, San Diego Story, 18th June 2018 "...the evening’s award for most audacious ensemble work came from 15 members of the orchestra who gave a vibrant account of Igor…
Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17th June 2018 "Festival director Michael Francis led 15 musicians in a crackling performance. Many groups play the outer movements of “Dumbarton Oaks” under tempo,…
Ken Herman, San Diego Story, 11th June 2018 "For Sergei’s Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise,” the program opener, the additional strings from the Youth Orchestra gave the Festival Orchestra an unusually lush, satiny…
Ken Herman, San Diego Story, 10th June 2018 "Michael Francis opened the 30th installment of San Diego’s annual Mainly Mozart Festival Saturday with an ebullient orchestra concert that brought back…