Florida Orchestra opens a season of renewal
Stephanie Hayes, Tampa Bay Times, 2nd October 2014 Autumn has just begun, but for the Florida Orchestra, it may as well be the season of spring. It's a time of…
Brit Conductor Takes Over San Diego’s Mainly Mozart
Robert Egerton, Musical America, 30th September 2014 San Diego’s Mainly Mozart Festival has appointed British conductor Michael Francis as its new music director, succeeding festival co-founder David Atherton, who exited…
English: Dresden Philharmonic in the Albertinum
Mareile Hanns, Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, 29th September 2014 "...The Dresden Philharmonic had it well and truly in their grasp, together with the young English conductor Michael Francis. He delivered as…
The bassoon-monster creaks…
Jens-Uwe Sommerschuh, Sächsische Zeitung, 29th September 2014 "...Francis let the Philharmonic rage and struggle and directed them towards a desolate and yet delicate pianissimo at the finish [of Vaughan William’s…
Michael Francis named Mainly Mozart music director
James Chute, U-T San Diego, 27th September 2014 "British conductor Michael Francis is the new music director of the San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra. Mainly Mozart made the announcement…
Memorable Martinů from Michael Francis and BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Paul Corfield Godfrey, Seen and Heard International, 25th September 2014 "The programme for Janáček’s symphonic fantasy Taras Bulba is of a violent barbarism which makes Game of Thrones look like…
BBCNOW/Francis review – blood, guts and potent poetry
Rian Evans, The Guardian, 24th September 2014 ★★★★ "Works by Janáček and his Czech compatriot Bohuslav Martinů framed this concert given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Janáček’s programmatic…
BBC National Orchestra of Wales – Audio Recording of Live Concert
Nicola Heywood Thomas, BBC Radio 3, 23rd September 2013 Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes Available until 29th September 2014 Nicola Heywood Thomas introduces a live concert by the BBC National…
Four New Maestros Take Over At Top Florida Orchestras
John Fleming, Classical Voice North America, 12th September 2014 "And then there were four. Over the past couple of years, the largest professional orchestras in Florida all carried out music…
National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
Carol Main, The Scotsman, 2nd August 2014 ★★★★★ "With considerable stamina required all round to sustain the continuous 50 minutes of lavish scoring – Wagner tubas, two sets of timpani,…