“This was a kids concert and the Opera House was full of excited youngsters who never tempered their enthusiasm…”
“Here was a terrific performance by the orchestra, under Marc Taddei’s invigorating direction…”
Bianca Andrew, mezzo soprano soloist for Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder
“…the orchestra sounded wonderfully dynamic all concert, and with Marc Taddei offering a suitably alert and intensely musical approach to the whole programme – this was richly rewarding.”
“…He has done a really good job with the orchestra and the players have responded with such amazing playing. The clarity of textures for one is just astonishing and the punch and vitality of it all really comes across…”
“…its members covered themselves in glory. The strings were tremendously confident, with real weight and certainty, and the woodwind were excellent. But it was the brass that gave us the sort of playing that Bruckner demands. Absolutely resplendent, they thrived and conquered the cathedral’s acoustics with a certainty of attack that would have fulfilled Bruckner’s greatest wishes, guided by Taddei…”