Lux perpetua

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Short-listed for the British Composer Awards (British Academy of Composers and Songwriters), November 2006

"A classic of its time" - Simon Ames, This is Surrey

"Willcocks has struck gold - effective and accessible" - Timothy Storey, Cathedral Music

"The most impressive new work for chorus and orchestra I have heard in a very long time" - DS Crafts, Albuquerque Journal

"evocative - contrasting the theme of peace and unity with the horrors of war, both fitting and shocking at a time when the world could again be plunged into global conflict" - Patricia Harewood - Pride Magazine

"profound emotional impact - an effective and stirring piece" - BBC Music Magazine

"one of the best new pieces of modern music I have seen" - Michael Hoeg, MMA Journal

Magnificat

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"melodious, rhythmical, colourful - expert in the understanding of voices" - Gramophone

"full of splendour and excitement" - ABCD magazine

"a vitality and expressiveness that is entirely its own" - Grainne Gormley, Association of Irish Choirs

Sing Praises

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"a magnificent suite of Psalm settings - deserves a place alongside those by Stravinsky and Bernstein" - AAM magazine

"approachable, tuneful - uplifting and rhythmic" - Nicholas Bannan, ABCD Mastersinger magazine

"a real gem of a piece" - Choir and Organ

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

Great is the Glory

"a magnificent final climax of praise and glory" - Grayston Burgess, Choir and Organ

"in one word, brilliant - this work will be much sought after by choral groups" - Hickory Daily Record

Worcester Mass

"rich, full, demanding and rewarding - the Dona Nobis can only be described as ravishingly beautiful." - Richard Coffey, ACDA Magazine

Three sea shanties

"lively, witty - straight from the public bar!" - Mike Allen, Portsmouth News

Choral and Orchestral Conducting

"masterful musicianship - his spirit, friendliness and warmth were evident in the first few moments." - Kim Manzi, International Church Music Festival, Oberammergau, Germany

Elgar - Dream of Gerontius

"in total command throughout and secured from the chorus some lovely singing" - Chichester Observer.
"a magnificent and moving performance" - Portsmouth Evening News

Handel - Messiah, London Mozart Players

"magnificent performance - imaginative and dramatic reading" - Claudia Sherwood, Hampshire Chronicle

Beethoven - Symphony no. 7

"In all my years of concert-going and in reviewing, I have never witnessed an ovation such as that given to Jonathan Willcocks and the Southern Pro Musica." - Ann Pinhey, The Herald

Southern Pro Musica

" inspired to some of their finest playing, affectionate and lingering in Wagner's Seigfried Idyll and alert to every detail in Beethoven's 8th symphony" - Tom Muckley, Petersfield Post

Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra

"a sublime insightful performance" - Kyle MacMillan, Omaha World Herald

From darkness to light

"set brilliantly and captivatingly, the orchestration is colorful and use of chorus unfailingly skillful" - Wayne Lee Gay, Star-Telegram, Texas