ALEXANDER GOEHR - PRESS QUOTES
“One of the great things about the BBC facility called “Listen Again” is that it casts an interesting retrospective light on concerts that are also broadcast… Try it. The piece has a sharp subtle flavour, well worth savouring.”
Premiere “When Adam Fell”, BBCSO, Barbican - Ivan Hewitt, The Telegraph, 16 Jan 2012
The result, in the last performance of this year’s ETO tour at Snape Maltings, was a powerful piece of music theatre, a work of undeniable quality...the work moves well, is fluent and is full of striking visual and dramatic moments...Goehr and ETO gave their audience an enthralling experience, beautifully staged, acted and sung with the utmost integrity..."
A Promised End, Snape Maltings - Mike Reynolds, MusicalCriticism.com, Dec 2010
“…there was no doubting the cohesion and intelligence of the ‘libretto’ and the music. The Aurora orchestra, on stage but behind the performers, played with bite and authority under the direction of Ryan Wigglesworth.”
A Promised End, Snape Maltings - Gareth Jones, EADT24, 30 November 2010
"Goehr's special gift is to illuminate any score with exquisite colour...English Touring Opera mounted a skilful, well-cast staging by James Conway, expertly played by the Aurora Orchestra under the baton of Ryan Wigglesworth and with Roderick Earle in the title role.”
A Promised End, Royal Opera House - Fiona Maddocks, The Observer, 17 October 2010
“Entirely new was Alexander Goehr's Clarinet Quintet, a tightly wound spring of a piece that holds the attention through intricate argument and recurrent motifs.”
Nash Ensemble, Wigmore Hall, London - George Hall, The Guardian, Friday March 14 2008
“Two of Alexander Goehr's works from the 1960s, when he was at the forefront of new music in Britain, are contrasted on this thoughtful and beautifully presented collection with two from the past decade.”
Goehr: Piano Trio; Suite for Violin and Piano; Piano Quintet; etc; Becker/ Kam/ Carroll/ Elias Quartet (Meridian) - Andrew Clements, The Guardian, Friday July 18 2008