SASO’s summer concert featuring Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No1 and the monumental Symphony No 5 by Mahler has been highly praised by John Manning, music critic of the Herts Advertiser.
Of the Mahler performance, he writes that: “… under guest conductor William Carslake, the entire orchestra rose to the challenge of this wonderfully moving and epic work to achieve a top quality performance.
“Throughout, there was excellent playing from all concerned and the brass sections in particular, heavily used by Mahler, gave one of the best performances I can remember.”