Press

“[Missy Mazzoli] proved an ideal choice [for BBC’s Total Immersion], with large and small works to her credit, and a recognisably individual voice…The contrasting Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) and These Worlds in Us packed in imaginative orchestral effects. The Violin Concerto, Procession, played by Elina Vähälä, has a solo part of real substance (unusual in a new concerto) and goes on a wide-ranging journey. The most recent, Orpheus Undone, derived from a ballet score, puts rhythm first and creates an intense, far sparer atmosphere. The single work in the main evening concert was Song from the Uproar, receiving its first UK performance…Mazzoli is really a composer who never does the same thing twice. 4/5 stars.