Artsdesk:

“Mena directed with unfailing energy at the end of a busy night and the orchestra responded superbly…. All credit to the Phil: this was an imaginative, action-packed, exhausting, but thoroughly engaging and enlightening programme.”

The Guardian:

“Mena seemed infinitely alert to its mix of relentless energy and sensuality, while the dexterous clarity of the playing was persuasive in the extreme.”