Nicholas McGegan Sets the Standard for Handel Performance

In a triumphant return to Göttingen, where for two decades he led the International Handel Festival, Nic conducted the NDR Radiophilharmonie in Handel's Deborah. "Handel at his best. At the helm is yet again Nicholas McGegan who has already done so much for Handel.... and – not only here – has led performances that set the standard. As well on this evening in the completely sold-out Galerie McGegan, with a red flower in his buttonhole, swings through the score, dances on the podium and batonless gives the cues with exuberant movements. There it is again, the McGegan-Sound, noble, as much historically informed as needed, as grand as possible. No speed records are set, the music pulses in beautiful and strong simplicity, the brass shines, the timpani are not restrained at dramatic passages. -- Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. See the full review (In the original German) at the link below.