"In the opening, piccolo and solo violin warily circled each other with super-high pianissimo notes and artificial harmonics. The effect was not so much ethereal as it was unearthly, the faint music of suns millions of light-years away." - THE HALIFAX HERALD CHRONICLE

"Requiem Fragments evolves from peaceful to anguished episodes through seamless interweaving of incandescent themes" – GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE

"Requiem Fragments traces a lifespan from idyllic childhood and onwards through the complications and complexities of everyday life. Feeding into it are the experiences of expatriates and refugees, so it has a burning resonance today. Insecurity and loss of innocence inform the narrative, and the music conveys a sense of forward movement throughout." - MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL

"Requiem Fragments was moving and taut: rolling waves of tangled activity breaking into a cathartic tonal chorale - only to crash and collapse into a quiet, scattered ending." - THE BOSTON GLOBE

"Hypnotic" - THE BOSTON MUSICAL INTELLIGENCER

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