Lawrence Loh – Press

“It wasn’t the kind of beginning anybody had in mind. But the onstage forces responded to the emotional challenge with one of the most vivid performances I’ve heard from them. Lawrence Loh, who has served as assistant and associate conductor with the Dallas and Pittsburgh symphony orchestras, stepped in adroitly to lead a big, eclectic program that paired Saint-Saëns’s “Organ” symphony with the Berlioz “Te Deum” — just the kind of overambitious sprawl in which Lewis exulted. And the performance captured the exultation, particularly in the “Te Deum,” which was a big, glorious wash of sound: a fitting tribute.”