John Storgåards
Photo by Marco Borggreve / courtesy of San Francisco Symphony
John Storgårds conducted SFS last week for the first time, and his work was a wow. If the orchestra hadn't already engaged Jaap van Zweden to lead an unnecessary full cycle of the Beethoven symphonies over this and the next two seasons, I'd suggest they hire this guy.
- Lisa Hirsch, SFCV/SF Chronicle
- Joshua Kosman, On a Pacific Aisle
- Harvey Steiman, Seen & Heard International
- Charlise Tiee, Opera Tattler
- Stephen Smoliar, The Rehearsal Studio
During the Beethoven, I kept thinking "Gosh, the last time I heard this the conducting wasn't nearly as good. Who was it?" The answer turned out to be....Jaap van Zweden. Joshua Kosman liked that performance more than I did.
Hi Lisa - hope you are well. Just wondered who played that bassoon lick in the Beethoven...
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