'…a stunning palette of orchestral colour which transforms the 16th-century material without abusing its essential character.'
The Independent (Michael John White), 1 April 1988
'…glittering fragments of melody that whiz by at high speed, an ever-changing web of instrumental colours. Music for a Puppet Court demonstrates its composer’s abilities on a tiny but hugely impressive canvas.'
Financial Times (Andrew Clements), 25 August 1993
'… a fascinating and wonderfully scored work… With its tintinnabulations of bells, its soft-edged evocation of the past through winds, guitar, harp and marimbas, its extraordinary use of percussion, the work is a delight for the ear.'
Boston Herald (Ellen Pfeifer), 1 November 1994
'...[a] blend of grace and caprice sweeping the work to an airy conclusion with an almost Stravinskian ebullience.'
Michael Tumelty, Glasgow Herald, 18 September 1987
'…glittering fragments of melody that whiz by at high speed, an ever-changing web of instrumental colours. Music for a Puppet Court demonstrates its composer’s abilities on a tiny but hugely impressive canvas.'
Financial Times (Andrew Clements), 25 August 1993
'… a fascinating and wonderfully scored work… With its tintinnabulations of bells, its soft-edged evocation of the past through winds, guitar, harp and marimbas, its extraordinary use of percussion, the work is a delight for the ear.'
Boston Herald (Ellen Pfeifer), 1 November 1994
'...[a] blend of grace and caprice sweeping the work to an airy conclusion with an almost Stravinskian ebullience.'
Michael Tumelty, Glasgow Herald, 18 September 1987