Critiques

Jacques Lacombe, a French Canadian conductor now in his second season as music director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, has proved himself a shrewd programmer…

...Mr. Lacombe’s agile, transparent and winningly energized conception made this one of the most exhilarating accounts of “Firebird” I’ve ever heard.

... Lacombe elicited playing of dynamic subtlety, a hallmark of his work with the orchestra; even though the climactic forces required by Stravinsky are huge, with multiple harps and extra percussion, the score also demands—and received—playing of chamber music intimacy and grace.