Garrett Harris, San Diego Reader, 8th June 2015
“The final movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 made everyone’s temperature rise as wave after wave of sound washed over the audience. Just when we thought there couldn’t possibly be more, Beethoven and the orchestra ratcheted it up another notch. The effect was explosive — if you know what I mean…
…All three pieces, including the opening Haffner Symphony by Mozart, were paced to perfection. Great conductors find a tempo for the entire piece. They don’t conduct from movement to movement. There is a fundamental beat upon which the entire work rests.”
