'The Spark Catchers' Reviews
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'...a confident piece'. CLASSICAL SOURCE
'...imaginatively intricate flashes of sound.' FINANCIAL TIMES
'...Chineke! and conductor Kevin John Edusei opted for a programme of miniatures. The most important of these was Hannah Kendall’s BBC-commissioned world premiere The Spark Catchers, rhythmically incisive, the score dancing above a solemn chorale played by the horns.' THE GUARDIAN
'Expertly scored to give off a bright, infectious sense of sparkling life...Kendall’s scoring is impeccable, nothing is masked unnecessarily. It is clear she knows just how to get the sound she requires.' SEEN AND HEARD
'...imaginatively expressed by the whirling sparks of offbeat shock‐chords...' THE TIMES