“The conductor Adrian Brown was in total command of the complex architecture [of Sibelius’s ‘Pohjola’s Daughter’] and the orchestra gave a memorable performance … Orchestra, conductor and soloist [in Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1] alike matched the desolate aspects of the score and the rare and beautiful melodic sections with a professionalism that now pervades the orchestra … [Tchaikovsky’s ‘Nutcracker’] weaved its traditional magic in an exciting performance by all concerned.”
“The conductor Adrian Brown was in total command of the complex architecture [of Sibelius’s ‘Pohjola’s Daughter’] and the orchestra gave a memorable performance … Orchestra, conductor and soloist [in Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1] alike matched the desolate aspects of the score and the rare and beautiful melodic sections with a professionalism that now pervades the orchestra … [Tchaikovsky’s ‘Nutcracker’] weaved its traditional magic in an exciting performance by all concerned.”
Kentish Times, Jan 2006