Celebratory Dances, May 2013:
'There was much to enjoy in this extraordinary piece: a richness and mastery in orchestration; a restless playing with changes in mood, rhythm and melodic line, a boldness in the presentation of unusual musical ideas; and, above all, a sensitive awareness of the influence of dance.' (Philip Worth, DSO website)
Aspects of Eden, May 2009:
'...Chris Crawley’s extraordinary tone poem “Aspects of Eden”, inspired by the unique Eden Project in the countryside of Cornwall... displaying remarkable powers of orchestration... a piece of symphonic proportions, containing a kaleidoscope of moods responding to every aspect of this amazing construct. The result is complex music of great depth which merits several hearings to absorb its basic message.' (Philip Worth, DSO website)
Aspects of Eden, May 2009:
'It is really inspiring to know that composers and artists are producing work of such quality and that Eden is providing some of the raw material! It is not easy listening, I grant you, and it is certainly not background music, but it is imaginative and uplifting - almost what Kraftwerk might have considered in a classical music idiom... As it is, it reminds me (not in a plagiaristic way, but in terms of its genetics) of Saint-Saëns meets Erik Satie - spare, jagged, at times violent, released by moments of great beauty.' (Sir Tim Smit, co-founder of the Eden Project)
Three Elegies, February 2025
'I am hugely impressed, especially by your rich harmonic language, masterful development of your material and fantastic orchestration too.' Daniel Hogan (conductor)
Cantata, Innocence and Beyond, March 2025
'Your cantata is astonishing. Extremely impressive orchestration, great economical use of material and a great sense of drama and colour.' Daniel Hogan (conductor)
'There was much to enjoy in this extraordinary piece: a richness and mastery in orchestration; a restless playing with changes in mood, rhythm and melodic line, a boldness in the presentation of unusual musical ideas; and, above all, a sensitive awareness of the influence of dance.' (Philip Worth, DSO website)
Aspects of Eden, May 2009:
'...Chris Crawley’s extraordinary tone poem “Aspects of Eden”, inspired by the unique Eden Project in the countryside of Cornwall... displaying remarkable powers of orchestration... a piece of symphonic proportions, containing a kaleidoscope of moods responding to every aspect of this amazing construct. The result is complex music of great depth which merits several hearings to absorb its basic message.' (Philip Worth, DSO website)
Aspects of Eden, May 2009:
'It is really inspiring to know that composers and artists are producing work of such quality and that Eden is providing some of the raw material! It is not easy listening, I grant you, and it is certainly not background music, but it is imaginative and uplifting - almost what Kraftwerk might have considered in a classical music idiom... As it is, it reminds me (not in a plagiaristic way, but in terms of its genetics) of Saint-Saëns meets Erik Satie - spare, jagged, at times violent, released by moments of great beauty.' (Sir Tim Smit, co-founder of the Eden Project)
Three Elegies, February 2025
'I am hugely impressed, especially by your rich harmonic language, masterful development of your material and fantastic orchestration too.' Daniel Hogan (conductor)
Cantata, Innocence and Beyond, March 2025
'Your cantata is astonishing. Extremely impressive orchestration, great economical use of material and a great sense of drama and colour.' Daniel Hogan (conductor)
