Reviews

on MESH:

‘He possesses a fluent style, a real gift for orchestration and has the ability to keep you wanting to listen as you wonder what he might do next... a most commanding opening... a fine climax and then the textures thicken, some strong string writing here and the music speeds up – but the pulse seems to remain the same – until the whole orchestra, with some fine writing for the brass, overflows with a huge climax... Mesh is a major achievement for a young composer and it bodes well for what he will create in the future. I, for one, am already eagerly awaiting his next piece.’

Seen and Heard (MusicWeb International)

on BRING US, O LORD GOD:

‘Pitkin’s piece was intriguing, filled with interesting effects... The audience loved it... some of his best work’

St Louis Post-Dispatch, USA

‘set in a format which I felt to be utterly appropriate...

...a convincing and artistically worthwhile composition’

Organists’ Review

on THE HOLY ROOM, HARK! A HERALD VOICE IS CALLING

& BRING US, O LORD GOD:

‘three engaging and significant works by one of our foremost young composers’

Organists’ Review

on ENTENTE:

‘full of resonant chords... The dovetailing of sounds leads to a creation with a sense of a single, almost orchestral voice. This is a compelling piece’

Clarinet & Saxophone

‘Uses the idea of layering to build up harmonic structures and textures. Pitkin’s unusual set-up for the musicians allowed the audience to see the musical material being passed from player to player, without which the musicians’ seamless dovetailing might have tricked the ear.’

New Notes

on THE TRANSFORMATION OF ARETHUSA:

‘created a mysterious and attractive atmosphere’

Choir and Organ

on CANTATE DOMINO:

‘both full of surprises and effective as a whole’

The Singer

on HAS IT FLOWN AWAY?:

‘a very effective setting leading to some extraordinarily moving final chord clusters’

Hexham Courant

on the SUITE FOR ORGAN:

‘the whole suite definitely recommended... very playable’