Press Quotes – Turangalîla / 20 March 2011

“Ivor Bolton maintained a masterful control throughout. He was the core of the whole performance, emitting energy which the orchestra transformed into the pure joy (of playing) and an overwhelming world of sound – from the back to the front, the dozen percussionists, by way of the phenomenal wind and brass, to the the resounding velvet foundation and ethereal soaring of the strings. It was, if the paradox may be permitted, a collective masterpiece of individuals… At no time was there any suspicion of kitsch, as can be the danger, because structure and substance, strict construction and free reflection, were held in perfect balance.”
Karl Harb, Salzburger Nachrichten, 22.03.11