‘The most fascinating work on the programme…the breathtaking trumpet concerto by Tansy Davies, entitled Spiral House, dazzlingly played by principal trumpet Mark O’Keeffe and the SSO.  For a first orchestral composition, this was a tour de force, a vast juddering monster of a piece, with its unforgettable rhythmic tread conjuring images of the lumbering giants in The Ring, and its mind-blowing trumpet solos wonderfully offset in a muted Miles Davis soundalike section.  An impressive orchestral debut.’
The Glasgow Herald (Michael Tumelty) March 2006