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Reviews for Mikel Toms & Reservoir

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Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikel Toms, conductor

Bedrich Smetana Vltava
Aram Khachaturian Violin Concerto (soloist: Ljubisha Kirovski)
Antonin Dvorak Symphony No 9 in E minor "New World"

"...the orchestra sounding like one body feeling the pulsation of the music in unison. The Philharmonic's sound was coherent, inspired and professional."
Vest

"…technical confidence and great musicality…"

"The programme ended with Dvorak's New World Symphony. The performance was very good, with an excellent performance by the wind section. The music the audience received was full of pure energy and positive feeling, conveying the message of the composer. Music really can make different worlds and traditions come together.
Dnevnik

 
"...the excellent Reservoir..."

The Times
"...brilliantly played by Reservoir..."

The Daily Telegraph
"Their particular store is one of talent...directed with intelligence and enthusiasm by Mikel Toms...Warmly recommended."

The Independent

"The exciting young new music group..."

The Guardian
"These players willingly embrace the liveliest demands of avant-garde music."

The Sunday Times

"The admirable Reservoir..."
"The excellent Reservoir..."
"Bargain for another trailblazing and offbeat programme from Reservoir"
"An outstanding opportunity to hear the riotous Reservoir chamber orchestra"
"...feted progressive chamber group Reservoir..."
"The boldly innovatory Reservoir..."

Time Out
"A major event"

What's On In London
"Mikel Toms conducts the pride of the avant-garde"
"...ought to start a riot..."
"Hear the 21st century before it begins"
"I don't know what it's all about either - but it's the future"

The Evening Standard
"Reservoir packed the Conway Hall"
"The players' commitment to Xenakis was palpable"
"The performance didn't just vindicate Xenakis, it also vindicated the relevance of classical music to a discussion of new music of any genre. Reservoir are a musical force who can make genuine sense of the Wire's cross-cultural scramble."

The Wire
"Lost Lands is the longest work, its complex single-movement form well-shaped under expert conductor Mikel Toms..."
Gramophone Magazine (review of Michael Finnissy CD on Metier)
"a great musician … who was very much liked by all the orchestra. It needs a special talent and ability to be liked by the Kazakstan State Symphony Orchestra! He worked with youthful vigour, was very professional and well prepared. Compared to our young conductors here, Mikel Toms rehearses the scores in greater detail. He very much wanted to convey the spirit of the music to the orchestra…It is the general opinion of the world that the British are demanding and scrupulous and Mikel Toms gently drew exactness from the orchestra."
New Generations
"A high point of splendid perversity."
"Less a concert, more a happening: not only music (acoustic and electronic) but simultaneously theatre, lighting and video…Overall, a compelling and inspiring evening, which deservedly drew a large, variegated and appreciative audience; the Reservoir stalwarts such as leader Darragh Morgan, pianist Ian Pace and conductor Mikel Toms, performed heroically as ever. So why can't all concerts be like this? Still: it was worth waiting until 1999 for this one to have been."
Tempo Magazine