Jonathan Rutherford

Reviews and Comments

"The (Double) concerto is tremendous fun - very exciting - I've never heard anything quite like it" (Sally Beamish)

"He is a very fine musician" (Nadia Boulanger)

"He is one of the most creative pupils I have taught" (Sir Lennox Berkeley)

"He has...an exceptionally fine ear" (Sir Peter Maxwell Davies)

"I find it (The Symphony) most admirable" (Sir Charles Mackerras)

"How much I admired it (Rhapsody for cello and piano) and the excellent way the particular ´genius´ of the cello is used as an instrument" (Sir Charles Mackerras)

"I think your Oboe Quartet looks beautiful and I would certainly like to perform it at some point" (Nicholas Daniel)

"What a superb piece it (the oboe quartet) is" (Stella Dickinson)

"(An Intake of Breath)... A brilliant addition to the repertoire for the musical saw, written for leading exponent Harriet Longman." (Scottish Music Information Centre)

"Apart from the joy of hearing music beautifully played (The CD of An Intake of Breath)... , it is SO exquisitely beautifully written." (Jacqueline Cole - Pianist)

"It (An Intake of Breath) was brilliant. Inspirational."(Roland Taylor - BBC Radio 3 Online Producer)

"An Intake of Breath is so beautiful" (Janet Whiteside - RSC actor)

"It (the Pied Piper) was extremely and effectively descriptive. A rich melodic introduction caught the attention and this moved into dramatic effects, especially the scurrying of rats.... but this was no gimmicky composition. It was expressively conceived and should be popular." (The Farnham Herald)

"His playing set a tone and quality which moved us all and pervaded the entire atmosphere thereafter. His friendliness, wit and bonhommie and its influence on all of us are all of them one of the reasons why the weekend was, I think, so special for so many" (Nico Lethbridge - founder of Queille Festival)

"(his playing... ) it is sensitive, composed, intelligent, poised, in fact just plain classy" (Elizabeth Ann Binks - Violinist)