Lawrence Loh.
In Tuesday’s (5/6) Syracuse.com (NY), Linda Loomis writes, “Lawrence Loh will conclude his 10-year tenure as music director of the Syracuse Orchestra on Saturday, May 17 by conducting a work that helped shape his career. In the final Masterworks series concert of the season, ‘Liszt and Mahler,’ he will lead the professional musicians in the first symphony composed by Gustav Mahler, often referred to as ‘The Titan.’… Loh’s attraction to the work goes back to his youth. ‘I remember hearing (The Titan) live with my Mom playing violin in the Harrisburg Symphony in one of her final concerts before retiring from that ensemble,’ said Loh…. Peter J. Rabinowitz, who creates program notes for the orchestra, said the orchestra would not be where it is today without Loh’s vision, orchestra-building skills and the electricity of his interpretations….Executive Director Pamela Murchison said … audience members consistently praise Loh’s interpretations of canonical, contemporary and underrepresented works, and people often say they are delighted by Loh’s approach to making music accessible….. On May 17, after the final notes … fade, after the maestro deflects the applause from himself to the musicians, as is his habit, and after a final bow … Loh will exit stage right … one last time in his role as music director.”
