Reviews

“Nicholas Concannon Hodges conducted the large orchestra with his usual elegant composure and gave each section their chance to shine.”

“The audience at the Todmorden Orchestra concert on Saturday night left the Town Hall with their ears literally ringing and fully believing that the roof had been blown off!”

“…an indelibly memorable evening especially for a remarkably fine performance of the Vaughan Williams.”

“What a feast: our own orchestra and choral society pulling out all their stops and two superb opera singers utterly delighting us. This was one of the most enjoyable summer concerts we have had.”

“…the principal wind players set the scene with beautiful tone and spot-on tuning. The orchestra made good use of varied dynamics, and the brass were rich and well-balanced.”

“Overall then yet another performance of an accomplished amateur orchestra of which we should be justly proud.”

“Among many treasurable moments the whisper-quiet playing of the strings in the Mozart was sheer magic.”

“Todmorden Orchestra gave a superb exhibition of musical style and period, from Mussorgsky’s well known ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ to the world première performance of Andrew March’s ‘Elegy’.”

“We soon found ourselves in the northland, with the soloist’s demi-semiquavers shimmering over quiet background sonorities.”

“It was a most committed performance in which the soloist and orchestra impressed memorably…”