“This was the most courageous and momentous enterprise of Orchestra Wellington’s entire 2017 season, and perhaps one of the orchestra’s all time finest hours; it was mainly a tribute to conductor Marc Taddei, for its conception, inspiration and leadership that carried it through to a performance of astonishing dramatic and musical subtlety, insight and sheer splendour.”
“…this evening belonged to that extraordinary Daphnis and Chloe.”
“…Of course, we all know that Taddei has a penchant for being able to master and create symbiosis with the orchestra to whichever composer or works that he chooses…I was quick to liken it to Taddei’s stand out concerts, Firebird and Nutcracker, which were again very explosive and a true testament to Taddei’s multilingual conversations with different composers…”
“In this, he was assisted by fine conducting by Marc Taddei – better than the last time he did this work with the NZSO and Pietari Inkanin…”
“I thought Marc Taddei’s and Orchestra Wellington’s performance of the work miraculous and sure-footed, bringing all of the piece’s inherent characteristics to the fore…”