Bachtrack wrote:
“The ONE’s performance was meticulous, guided by the New Zealand conductor who articulated the inflections of the score with detail, maintaining a restrained approach in both structural balance and dynamic range.”
“ONE and New reveled in a generous sound, joyfully noisy but precise in terms of formal articulation and organization of tempi and phrasing, showing the New Zealand conductor's predilection for melodic richness and works of exuberant orchestration.”
Platea wrote:
“Under the direction of Gemma New, the program acquired a marked internal coherence: each piece explored a different way to pinpoint memory and to summon presences –real, evoked, dreamed—through listening.”
“Gemma New approached the score with an analytic serenity, commanding the transitions with clarity and letting the silences breathe as an active part of the passage.”
“Gemma New offered a notably balanced interpretation, delineating the sonic planes with precision while always sustaining the internal architecture.”
Scherzo wrote:
“Gemma New had thoroughly studied it and conducted it with complete seriousness. New is a New Zealander, although she is of the American school; she has grand gestures, facilitated by very long arms; and she does not lack technique, which she applied to a varied and generally brilliant program.”
“The work has its own color and was expressed with clarity and charm by New and the orchestra.”
