Sea Symphony
'...academic complexities do not trouble the ear, which is constantly entertained and alternately assuaged and assaulted by an endlessly fascinating stream of sounds.' MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
Voices from the Sea
'... a stunning song cycle' - THE STRAD December 2003
'... finely pointing the drama of the texts without recourse to obvious word-painting, and easing into refrains of exceptional beauty.'
THE GUARDIAN
'Brilliant ...both the vocal writing and string layout were superb.'
H.C. ROBBINS LANDON
See the full reviews of the 'Voices from the Sea' CD . . .
Echoes
'. . . a wealth of opportunities, readily seized, for economical but effective musico-dramatic gestures.... All make their evocative points in an instant.'
THE OBSERVER
'Echoes achieves a genuinely moving balance between bathos and emotion.'
CITY LIMITS
Urizen
'... a late-twentieth-century musical gem. . . Immensely gratifying musically, the work is idiomatically appropriate for both viola and piano.' NOTES 2002
'John Hawkins' Urizen is a haunting work composed with real passion and lyrical conviction.' THE MUSICIAN
'... keen-eared responses to the instrument's potential for dark utterance through soulfully eloquent melody.' BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
'Most solo-instrument passages bore me to death, but this grabs my attention…' CLASSICAL NET 2007
Zoo Tunes
'... a variety of textures, attractive (but not prosaic) melodies, sophisticated harmonies and a few challenging rhythms.'
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MUSIC EDUCATION
'... cleverly composed and often unpredictable.... Recommended.'
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