Compositions
A Great and Glorious Victory – nominated for the British Composer Awards (British Academy of Composers and Songwriters)
“Willcocks has struck gold – effective and accessible”
Timothy Storey – Cathedral Music
“This breathtaking work had people sitting on the edge of their seats”
Ann Seller – Slough Express
Christmas Pudding
“an absolute winner, everyone will want to perform it”
Gwyn Arch, choral director
“as a singer jaundiced by all those carols at Christmas, it was fantastic to sing twenty five of them within four minutes!”
Deidre Strange, choir member
Christ is Born
“vivacious rhythms and lovely melodies – I cannot recommend this too highly”
Church Music Quarterly
From darkness to light
“set brilliantly and captivatingly, the orchestration is colourful and use of chorus unfailingly skilful”
Wayne Lee Gay – Star-Telegram, Texas
Great is the Glory
“In one word, brilliant – this work will be much sought-after by choral groups”
Hickory Daily Record, USA
Lux perpetua
“The most impressive new work for chorus and orchestra I have heard in a very long time”
D S Crafts, Albuquerque Journal, USA
“profound emotional impact – an effective and stirring piece”
BBC Music Magazine
Magnificat
“melodious, rhythmical, colourful – expert in the understanding of voices”
Gramophone magazine
“full of splendour and excitement”
ABCD magazine
Sing Praises
“a real gem of a piece”
Choir and Organ
“a magnificent suite of Psalm settings – deserves a place alongside those by Stravinsky and Bernstein”
AAM magazine
Three Sea Shanties
“lively, witty – straight from the public bar!”
Mike Allen – Portsmouth News
Worcester Mass
“rich, full, demanding and rewarding – the Dona Nobis can only be described as ravishingly beautiful”
Richard Coffey, ACDA Magazine
Conducting
Elgar – Dream of Gerontius
“in total command throughout and secured from the chorus some lovely singing”
Chichester Observer
Beethoven Symphony no. 7
“In all my years of concert-going and reviewing, I have never witnessed an ovation such as that given to Jonathan Willcocks and the Southern Pro Musica”
Ann Pinhey – The Herald
Orchestral concert
“ great control and vigour – what more could you want of an evening of music?
Guildford Dragon
Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra
“a sublime insightful performance”
Kyle MacMillan, Omaha World Herald