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 Independent
The Yellow Sofa
ONLINE
‘The Yellow Sofa’, The Arts Desk
‘The Yellow Sofa’, Classical Source
PRESS
‘The Yellow Sofa’, The Daily Telegraph
Varjak Paw
PRESS
‘Varjak Paw’, The Guardian review