“Then there was the sheer excellence and accuracy of the lively orchestral playing and Taddei’s very conspicuous attention to the roles of every section and solo instrument, not to mention the overall architecture of the symphony.”
“Though there was long and rapturous applause I was surprised that no one stood to acknowledge Marc Taddei’s achievement. That he conducted the work without the score might not have been so remarkable in the Jupiter Symphony, but it was in the case of this masterpiece nearly three times as long.”
“The Mozart was a total delight: elegant, exuberant, and joyful.”
“Conductor Taddei, conducting without score, opted for the Nowak edition – and showed a real feel for this pinnacle of the Late German Romantic tradition.”
“…conductor and players seemed to me to sound the work’s opening as if THIS music was the hitherto undiscovered or neglected treasure we had come to hear this evening.”
Andrew Laing, Actor
“… intense, crazy and fun… Both works were wonderfully performed.”