Saarbruecker Zeitung, 5th December 2016 "Michael Francis acted graciously on the podium. A guest conductor who is not only elegant with his baton but also inspires a sound sensuality with…
Andrew Meacham, Tampa Bay Times, 12th November 2016 "Between such no-brainers in the Masterworks series, the orchestra sometimes works in a "concept concert," performances built around a theme. This weekend's…
Andrew Meacham,Tampa Bay Times, 9th November 2016 Some of the Florida Orchestra's most interesting concerts have come about through inspiration, grouping a few pieces together to form an image. A…
Andrew Meacham, Tampa Bay Times, 5th November 2016 "The main attraction, Symphony No. 41, by Mozart, was thrilling in a different way...the music changes just at the moment you think…
Peter Uehling, Berliner Zeitung, October 2016 “The soloists of Komische Oper were also in excellent form, embedded in a string sound manifoldly shaded by Michael Francis. In the “Sea Interludes”…
Andrew Meacham, Tampa Bay Times, 1st October 2016 "Hearing [Beethoven's Symphony No. 9] live, as the Florida Orchestra gives us a chance to do with the opening of its season…
Andrew Meacham,Tampa Bay Times, 22nd September 2016 As a conductor of the Florida Orchestra, Michael Francis spends time on the details. He is the border collie nipping at the herd,…
Zachary Lewis, The Plain Dealer, 18th July 2016 "British conductor Michael Francis made his Cleveland Orchestra debut Saturday night with a mostly English program...and concluded with a stunning realization of…
Marcus Overton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20th June 2016 "Two Mozart symphonies — nos. 5 and 52 — were played with an attention to detail that swept aside problems that always…
Stanwell Anderson, San Diego Reader, 18th June 2016 "...the level of [Schubert's] counterpoint in the fourth movement is breathtaking, and my breath was surely taken away by the virtuosity of…
