The worse the situation gets, the better the orchestra gets.  Eyal Shani has shaped the players into an amazing group.  Tonight I couldn’t breathe when Shani directed the Pathetique.  The depth of feeling from an amazing piece of music is echoed in the hearts of the mourning audience – as if our 9 months of terror, hope, fear, resolution, and pain followed the melody.  

Eyal Shani is a master.