Reviews


Looking West (2022)

Julian Philips skilfully evokes the history and drama of the Cumbrian landscape…The most striking elements were purely musical – the soaring soprano writing, and the striking sonorities Philips drew from just eight instrumentalists, the Nova Music Ensemble, conducted by George Vass.

PRESS

Guardian 31st July 2022

Looking West Philharmonia Baroque, The Guardian

 


Barcarola (2019)

Tim Horton’s cystalline tone wrapped itself around Julian Philips Desdemona-inspired Barcarola, a work of accumulating interest where rumination, unrest and quietly uncertain resolution were underpinned by figurative patterns that never outstayed their welcome.

ONLINE

Wales Arts Review, 5th September 2022

Presteigne festival 2022, Wales Arts Review

 


Divertissement (2004)

With echoes of the French Baroque, explicitly referencing Jean Philippe Rameau, Philips’ dance-based score formed a mélange of moods and ear-catching sonorities, its pageantry played with unmistakable joie de vivre by the Presteigne Festival Orchestra.

ONLINE

Wales Arts Review, 5th September 2022

Presteigne festival 2022, Wales Arts Review

 


The Tale of Januarie

PRESS

‘The Tale of Januarie’, The Guardian

‘The Tale of Januarie’, Financial Times

‘The Tale of Januarie’, Sunday Express

ONLINE

David Wallace ‘The Tale of Januarie: Translingualism, Anxietie, Sexuality and Time’

‘The Tale of Januarie’, Music OMH

‘The Tale of Januarie’, PlanetHugill

‘The Tale of Januarie’, Schmopera

‘The Tale of Januarie’, Classical Source

 


How the Whale Became

PRESS

‘How the Whale Became’, The Observer

‘How the Whale Became’, The Guardian

‘How the Whale Became’, Classical Music

ONLINE

‘How the Whale Became’, Classical Source

How the Whale Became, Bachtrack

PRESS FEATURE

‘The inventive and beguiling world of Julian Philips’

 


Knight Crew

PRESS

Knight Crew’, The Guardian

‘Knight Crew’, The Independent

‘Knight Crew’ Gramophone

 


The Yellow Sofa

ONLINE

‘The Yellow Sofa’, The Arts Desk

‘The Yellow Sofa’, Classical Source

PRESS

‘The Yellow Sofa’, Guardian

‘The Yellow Sofa’, The Daily Telegraph

 


Varjak Paw

PRESS

‘Varjak Paw’, The Guardian review