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“ …(about Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 performance) Anzolini’s admirable textural clarity throughout elicited fresh aspects, and engineered a characterful large-scale process that attained its triumphant conclusion with panache.”

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“there is an orchestra which under the direction of Dante Anzolini surpass (all the difficulties) from the brighter Satie to the darker Weill, through the rarefied crystals of Stravinsky….”

The Choral Arts Society engaged conductor Dante Anzolini, who has recorded the work (Philip Glass Symphony No.5) for Nonesuch, to conduct the local premiere. They should engage guest conductors more often.

…the chorus and orchestra have never sounded so incisive and taut. The playing was flexible and expressive, entrances were generally sharp and together, dynamic changes articulated with subtlety. The music flowed rather than lurched.

“Energy, commitment, and clarity of intention all ran high, thanks to Anzolini’s uninhibited exuberance and his information-packed, eminently readable stick technique.”“Energy, commitment, and clarity of intention all ran high, thanks to Anzolini’s uninhibited exuberance and his information-packed, eminently readable stick technique.”

Dante Anzolini brings out the best in MIT Symphony (head title). “The MIT Symphony’s new director, Argentina native Dante Anzolini, not only arrives with an impressive resume…it was clear at the start that Anzolini knew what he was after. And what’s more important, it was clear that the players of this young and ambitious community orchestra knew what he was after, too. They were able to deliver it solidly and reliably, and at times even with a suggestion of brilliance….In Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” Overture…you heard immediately that the melodic lines were being shaped: not only the passionate, yearning one for strings but the bare, bleak one for a handful of winds, which can be a minefield. Grace notes were tidily and expressively in place. When the piece heated up, the effect was fresh and exciting. The program saw also a couple of ventures outside the mainstream repertory…”

“…the vivid and splendid way of music making of the Berner Symphonie-Orchester under the omnipresent direction of Dante Anzolini…”

“That would be more evident when the conductor Dante Anzolini tensed the big bows of the piece in a very convincing and ample way with the Berner Symphonie-Orchester, which after the soft elegance in Donizetti, gives a non pathetic, mourning sound (… and sculptured with the singers ….at the pit the lament and begging…)”

“…and the Bern Symphonie-Orchester made music under Dante Anzolini with sensitive and creative force”

“…with discretion, elegant and non-pathetic, it left us a severe, conscious deepness that in the whole of additions of the orchestral accompaniment (Conductor Dante Anzolini), the voice, and the dance, gave way to a great tension, that brought the public to an explosion of enthusiasm.”

“…the Philharmonia’s energy level expanded as the symphony progressed, affording a triumphant flourish at its conclusion”