'…well made and concisely shaped, with ingeniously combined and superimposed material in the first of its two movements, followed by a brilliant 6/8 scherzo that yields, in its final page, to a poetic reminiscence of the first movement
…very well shaped, with ingeniously combined and superimposed material in the first of its two movements, followed by a brilliant 6/8 scherzo that yields, in its final page, to a poetic reminiscence of the first movement'
The Sunday Times (Desmond Shawe-Taylor), July 1984