‘… Nourlangie, a mood piece for solo guitar, strings and percussion, provoked something close to rapture from a Newcastle audience – the percussion foundation of the descriptive Australian work was, in composition and performance, a minor masterpiece.’
The Newcastle Herald (Australia) (Denis Butler), 31 October 1989 ‘Sculthorpe is a landscaper, a painter and designer in sounds, a musical visionary.’
Die Welt, Berlin (Germany) (Klaus Geitel), 20 July 1996
‘With Sculthorpe’s compositions one is left with the feeling of a spiritual reality expressed in sound. For a composer who is so inspired by the Australian landscape, I can think of few higher tributes.’
Sun Herald (Australia) (Ken Healey), 12 November 1989
‘… a supple, gently pulsing invention – It is a thought caught on a breeze and comes into focus just long enough for us to wish to catch it again.’
The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) (Roger Covell), 18 February 1999