‘A dry, percussive ostinato pattern contrasting with a Birtwistle-like melodic line sets up The Barber’s Timepiece.  The music builds tension through the heightened repetition of these elements, a direct and effective way of evoking the conflicting perceptions of ‘timeless’ melody against the clinical onward march of time itself.’
International Record Review (Graham Simpson) January 2002 

‘… cleverly devised, texturally fresh and engaging …’
Financial Times (Paul Driver), 16 June 1986