"Encases the text’s lament in music of fluidity and austere beauty" - THE BOSTON GLOBE

“The work requires two sopranos to sing in straight tone, evoking the history of medieval liturgy. The sopranos, Lisa Bielawa and the composer herself, captured this mysterious historiocity with their gorgeously clear voices” - SUITE 101 CLASSICAL PERFORMANCES

"Brief, straight and altogether beautiful" - AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

"Phrases that leap and float, and sound both ancient and contemporary" - GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE

“A delightful piece…the two voices blend superbly, their vocal lines weaving and hovering over the sumptuous orchestral musings” - MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL

"A setting of psalm 137, the lament of a people in a foreign land who can no longer bring themselves to sing the hymns of their homeland....the piece is haunting and reflective…" - THE DAILY GAZETTE, SCHENECTADY, NY