Christian Reif named in South Florida Classical Review’s Top 10 Performances of 2021

There was a remarkable amount of classical music in South Florida even during this pandemic year. Initially through streaming and then a gradual return to live music-making in the summer and fall by local organizations produced a surprisingly varied artistic menu.

Christian Reif and the New World Symphony with Sasha Cooke.

In Michael Tilson Thomas’s absence, former New World conducting fellow Christian Reif took over the season’s opening program in October. Reif led a robust and lyrical reading of Schumann’s “Spring” Symphony (No. 1). Mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke’s dark timbre and deep affinity for the late romantic idiom of Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer was spellbinding with Reif and the ensemble lending fervent accompaniment.

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