Andrew Patner in the Sun-Times: “On the strength of this remarkable debut, I would go to hear Van Zweden conduct anything, anywhere.”
John von Rhein in the Tribune: “After this extraordinary performance, the audience was up on its feet, treating the newcomer to a prolonged ovation. Dallas chose well. When can we have him back?”
Everyone at the DSO — foremost Van Zweden among them — should be blushing. We’ve got ourselves something special here, folks.
