Jay Cridlin, Tampa Bay Times, 13th September 2019 Back in March, the Florida Orchestra collaborated with St. Petersburg artist Geff Strik on a multimedia performance of Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht.…
Holly Harris, Ludwig van Toronto, 31st July 2019 "To paraphrase a pithy bon mot popularly attributed to Walt Kelly, 'We have seen the future of Canadian classical music, and it…
Caroline Rodgers, Ludwig van Montréal, 23rd July 2019 "With 94 musicians, the mass of sound is largely sufficient, the dynamic contrasts are underlined with broad strokes, and the path is…
Claudia Heck, Die Rheinpfalz, 11th July 2019 After four days, seven concerts, five venues, and a gratifying percentage of seats sold, the German State Philharmonic Orchestra of Rhineland-Palatinate delivers a…
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…
Beth Wood, U-T San Diego, 26th May 2019 A gathering of high-caliber musicians from prestigious orchestras from around the world is a treat for both audiences and musicians. It also…
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…