Star-Ledger hails “masterful, deeply emotive performance”

The Star-Ledger praises the “out stunning artistry from the orchestra” at the NJSO’s March 22 performance at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, hailing “one of the finest and most moving performances I have heard [the NJSO] play in recent years.”

Ronni Reich writes:

Schwarz’s interpretation and the orchestra’s performance displayed a fitting and also remarkable balance of focus, control and rigor, with impassioned expressiveness. Every movement provided new marvels ...

The orchestra’s masterful, deeply emotive performance culminated in a fiery finale. The musicians were indefatigable and fiercely committed as Schwarz took a swift tempo. They were forceful, but not overbearing, until it grew into a resounding conclusion that called to mind a vast choir joining at the top of their voices in a proud anthem.

Read the full review at nj.com.