Tim Ashley, The Guardian, 6th February 2014
★★★★
“Sinfonia Sacra, with its ricocheting percussion, assertive brass and ritual string chants, seethed with tension…
Among the most remarkable and original of Panufnik’s scores, [Lullaby] was exquisitely done – a perfect performance.”
Richard Fairman, Financial Times, 6th February 2014
★★★★
“…The Sinfonia Sacra, probably his best-known work, is typically clear-headed and direct. Four solo trumpets at the corners of the stage announce the start with a volley of fanfares. A medieval Polish chant inspires music of hallowed simplicity, interrupted by a short, sharp movement of violent rhythmic energy, […]
