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NYO Winter 2013 Reviews
‘…the technical and musical standards consistently reached and displayed by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain are of the very highest.’ read more…
Robert Matthew-Walker in Classical Source
‘The ominous brass chords that punctuate Dawn spoke with brutal, immaculately tuned weight. Wilson’s predilection for juicy string vibrato lent Britten’s aching violin lines delicious colour, and hearing the NYO’s massed strings holding their own against the brassy church bells of Sunday Morning was stunning.’ read more…
Graham Rickson in The Arts Desk
‘The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain is without doubt one of the finest achievements in British culture – an organisation of which the musicians, their parents, the management and the nation can be proud.’ read more…
Andrew H. King in Bachtrack
‘…the National Youth Orchestra represents the cream of Britain’s young musical talent…’ read more…
Barry Millington in Evening Standard
‘There is a barrage of Britten to come in this centenary year, though surely none of it will be better played than the NYO’s pellucid and bracing account of the Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes.’ read more…
Alfred Hickling in The Guardian
‘…British teenage musicians playing throughout at an astonishingly high level.’ read more…
Geoff Brown in The Times
‘A cleverly designed travelogue programme brought out some of the most “grown-up” playing this big band has delivered: 165 young stars working together with staggering unanimity of purpose, both technically and artistically.’ read more…
John Allison in The Telegraph