''Many nice colours!'' The Villiers Quartet
''Clarity!'' Michael Jarrell
''So fresh, so interesting!'' Andrew List
on Gamma
''A delectable and complex piece... a musical journey which was both challenging and inviting.''
''A vivid aural imagination and a strong feeling for timbre - it is good sometimes to be in a situation where conventional forms of melody and harmony are absent and the ears need to focus in a completely different way.''
on In the Distance
''A substantial and intricate work!''
''This [In the Distance] was a demanding piece for both the performer and audience. The structure of the piece was clear and harmonically interesting even if the composer demanded visits to the bridge from time to time.''
on Transform
''There is a good variety of textures here, a good sense of overall balance.''
on String Quartet No.0
''It is logical to my ears!''
on String Quartet No.1 Translucent Or Opaque
''it's an interesting piece... a lot of contrasting moods and ideas into eight minutes. In terms of length of section, it almost reminds me of Webern; very short concentrated pieces which don't really need extending or expanding upon. One of the sections towards the end reminded me quite strongly of a section of Berg's Lyric Suite - soft dynamics, very fast upward scurrying figuration... you use quite a wide range of special effects. Curiously though, when all four instruments are moving in octaves this reminds me just slightly of the late Beethoven Quartets.''
''Clarity!'' Michael Jarrell
''So fresh, so interesting!'' Andrew List
on Gamma
''A delectable and complex piece... a musical journey which was both challenging and inviting.''
''A vivid aural imagination and a strong feeling for timbre - it is good sometimes to be in a situation where conventional forms of melody and harmony are absent and the ears need to focus in a completely different way.''
on In the Distance
''A substantial and intricate work!''
''This [In the Distance] was a demanding piece for both the performer and audience. The structure of the piece was clear and harmonically interesting even if the composer demanded visits to the bridge from time to time.''
on Transform
''There is a good variety of textures here, a good sense of overall balance.''
on String Quartet No.0
''It is logical to my ears!''
on String Quartet No.1 Translucent Or Opaque
''it's an interesting piece... a lot of contrasting moods and ideas into eight minutes. In terms of length of section, it almost reminds me of Webern; very short concentrated pieces which don't really need extending or expanding upon. One of the sections towards the end reminded me quite strongly of a section of Berg's Lyric Suite - soft dynamics, very fast upward scurrying figuration... you use quite a wide range of special effects. Curiously though, when all four instruments are moving in octaves this reminds me just slightly of the late Beethoven Quartets.''
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