‘… deserves attention from every self-respecting clarinettist – the clarinet part sang the Torres Strait dance song from which the work is derived with a transcendent beauty suggesting a Mahlerian peace with the world.’
The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) (David Vance), 1 August 1988 ‘… of all Australian pieces the one that seems to me to evoke most vividly and refreshingly the vast horizons of small horizons of small islands in an ocean setting.’
The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) (Roger Covell), December 1992