"Explosive and vigorous declamations with sweep and power...A tightly
organized working out of clear and dramatic motives."
The New York
Times
"A searching treatment of melodic and percussive ideas; a witty piece,
interspersed with bits of Stravinsky and Poulenc, but highly original in
sound."
Salt Lake Tribune
"A work that deserves a lasting place in the...repertory."
Piano
Guild News
"Lush, urbane, shrewdly paced, neatly transferring some quality
modern-jazz orchestration to a related and congenial symphonic
territory."
Boston Globe
"A spirited concert packed with first-rate music...Delightful."
The
New York Times
"Makes maximum use of every bar in a tightly integrated, substantive
piece of music...Altogether beautiful."
Omaha World-Herald
"Bestor writes beautifully for the voice.... This is serious,
thoughtful music, with memorable, meaningful texts.... Any singer who
wishes to have a serious focal point for a recital program should know
these cycles. They are significant works."
Journal of Singing of the National Association of Teachers of Singing
"Not only arresting in sound but musically stimulating."
Canberra
(Australia) Times
"An attractive, interesting and unusual work."
Salt Lake Tribune
"Manages with ease [the] integration of jazz harmonic and melodic
elements into more conventional techniques of the so-called Western
concert tradition...Most attractive!"
Boston Globe
"A sonata that looked good between Carter and Barber with no reason to
step back in deference."
Daily News
"Fascinating music, at once foreboding, haunting, amused and contemplative."
Boulder Daily Camera
