TORONTO STAR ( William Littler)
Since taking over the direction of Orchestra London Canada in 1981, Hauser has presided over the development of one of the most improved symphonic ensembles in the country... n o t h i n g could have dramatized its (Orchestra London's) growth more vividly than Thursday night's performance of the Mahler Eighth....Such was the young maestro's ability to sustain momentum and amalgamate his forces ..... that the performance carried enough impact to bring a capacity audience to its feet, cheering... Whether Mahler himself, a martinet among conductors, would have approved of the performance we shall, of course, never know. But with some of the world's leading Mahler specialists, including the composer's biographer, Baron Henry-Louis de la Grange, in smiling attendance, we may be permitted to guess."
Since taking over the direction of Orchestra London Canada in 1981, Hauser has presided over the development of one of the most improved symphonic ensembles in the country... n o t h i n g could have dramatized its (Orchestra London's) growth more vividly than Thursday night's performance of the Mahler Eighth....Such was the young maestro's ability to sustain momentum and amalgamate his forces ..... that the performance carried enough impact to bring a capacity audience to its feet, cheering... Whether Mahler himself, a martinet among conductors, would have approved of the performance we shall, of course, never know. But with some of the world's leading Mahler specialists, including the composer's biographer, Baron Henry-Louis de la Grange, in smiling attendance, we may be permitted to guess."