Levine and the BSO pulled out all the stops for the maestro’s debut, performing Mahler’s monumental “Symphony of a Thousand”, which requires a mind-boggling 328 musicians. Richard Dyer liked what he saw. “[Levine’s] conducting was undemonstrative, but vividly detailed and obviously inspiring. Only a little of it was invisible weaving; most of the time his baton sliced through plenty of space, and decisively… There was an occasional rough edge or sloppy entry in the orchestral playing, but an edge-of-the-chair intensity and excitement carried all before it.”