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A Great and Glorious Victory <\/b><\/i>\u2013 nominated for the British Composer Awards (British Academy of Composers and Songwriters)<\/p>\n
\u201cWillcocks has struck gold \u2013 effective and accessible\u201d Christmas Pudding<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \u201can absolute winner, everyone will want to perform it\u201d Christ is Born<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \u201cvivacious rhythms and lovely melodies \u2013 I cannot recommend this too highly\u201d From darkness to light<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \u201cset brilliantly and captivatingly, the orchestration is colourful and use of chorus unfailingly skilful\u201d Great is the Glory<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \u201cIn one word, brilliant \u2013 this work will be much sought-after by choral groups\u201d Lux perpetua<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \u201cThe most impressive new work for chorus and orchestra I have heard in a very long time\u201d Magnificat<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \u201cmelodious, rhythmical, colourful \u2013 expert in the understanding of voices\u201d Sing Praises<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \u201ca real gem of a piece\u201d Three Sea Shanties<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \u201clively, witty \u2013 straight from the public bar!\u201d Worcester Mass<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \u201crich, full, demanding and rewarding \u2013 the Dona Nobis can only be described as ravishingly beautiful\u201d Elgar \u2013 Dream of Gerontius<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \u201cin total command throughout and secured from the chorus some lovely singing\u201d Beethoven Symphony no. 7<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \u201cIn 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\u201d Orchestral concert<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \u201c great control and vigour \u2013 what more could you want of an evening of music? Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \u201ca sublime insightful performance\u201d Compositions A Great and Glorious Victory \u2013 nominated for the British Composer Awards (British Academy of Composers and Songwriters) \u201cWillcocks has struck gold \u2013 effective and accessible\u201d Timothy Storey \u2013 Cathedral Music \u201cThis breathtaking work had people sitting on the edge of their seats\u201d Ann Seller \u2013 Slough Express Christmas Pudding \u201can absolute winner, everyone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jonathanwillcocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jonathanwillcocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jonathanwillcocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jonathanwillcocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jonathanwillcocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.jonathanwillcocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":675,"href":"http:\/\/www.jonathanwillcocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions\/675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jonathanwillcocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/i>Timothy Storey \u2013 Cathedral Music
\n\u201c<\/em>This breathtaking work had people sitting on the edge of their seats\u201d
\n<\/em>Ann Seller \u2013 Slough Express<\/p>\n
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\n<\/i>Gwyn Arch, choral director
\n\u201cas a singer jaundiced by all those carols at Christmas, it was fantastic to sing twenty five of them within four minutes!\u201d
\n<\/i>Deidre Strange, choir member<\/p>\n
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\n<\/i>Church Music Quarterly<\/p>\n
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\n<\/i>Wayne Lee Gay \u2013 Star-Telegram, Texas<\/p>\n
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\n<\/i>Hickory Daily Record, USA<\/p>\n
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\n<\/i>D S Crafts, Albuquerque Journal, USA
\n\u201cprofound emotional impact \u2013 an effective and stirring piece\u201d
\n<\/i>BBC Music Magazine<\/p>\n
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\n<\/i>Gramophone magazine
\n\u201cfull of splendour and excitement\u201d
\n<\/i>ABCD magazine<\/p>\n
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\n<\/i>Choir and Organ
\n\u201ca magnificent suite of Psalm settings \u2013 deserves a place alongside those by Stravinsky and Bernstein\u201d
\n<\/i>AAM magazine<\/p>\n
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\n<\/i>Mike Allen \u2013 Portsmouth News<\/p>\n
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\n<\/i>Richard Coffey, ACDA Magazine<\/p>\n
\nConducting<\/b><\/h1>\n
\n<\/i>Chichester Observer<\/p>\n
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\n<\/i>Ann Pinhey \u2013 The Herald<\/p>\n
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\n<\/i>Guildford Dragon<\/p>\n
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\n<\/i>Kyle MacMillan, Omaha World Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"