'Distilling much of Harvey's technical, imaginative, philosophical preoccupations to date, this is a work of breathtaking beauty. It is complex and daring in its fresh view of what it may mean to be percussive; yet spare, clear, playful.'
The Times (Hilary finch) July 1997
'Jonathan Harvey's Percussion Concerto is a fantastically good piece - if posterity has any sense this stupendously well-orchestrated concerto will become a late 20th century classic. The first movement rustles and twinkles, the nocturnal second glows evocatively, and the third fizzes with electrical energy.'
The Daily Telegraph (Brian Hunt) July 1997
The Times (Hilary finch) July 1997
'Jonathan Harvey's Percussion Concerto is a fantastically good piece - if posterity has any sense this stupendously well-orchestrated concerto will become a late 20th century classic. The first movement rustles and twinkles, the nocturnal second glows evocatively, and the third fizzes with electrical energy.'
The Daily Telegraph (Brian Hunt) July 1997