BBC Music Magazine
"Sparklingly energetic arrangements"
MusicWeb International
“Each arrangement has required apposite revision, judicious emphasis and a sense of colour…..in welcome and varied arrangements.”
The Arts Desk
"Edgar Pettman's wistful Gabriel's Message feels as if it's being improvised on the spot. As does Adie's tender reinvention of I Wonder as I Wander – all the better for using so much of the instruments' lower registers."
This is Herefordshire
“Sun, Moon and Stars `A Middle Eastern Sky' by Harriet Adie was very enchanting. Depicting a childhood in the far-east, beautiful textures combined with eastern scale and harmonies, it was quite spellbinding.”
British Music Society
“…arrangements to which it is well worth paying attention.”
Lichfield Mercury
“…most impressive of all – Adie’s transcription of three movements from Ravel’s “Mother Goose”. With its whispered tremolandi, jewel-like harmonics, and deep, clangourous gong effects, this was superbly transcribed and equally superbly played. It made the more familiar piano version seem positively drab by comparison.”
BBC Music Magazine
“…dynamic and varied new arrangements by Adie. The intimate performance is warm and colourful, creating a charming atmosphere of peace and joy.”
Music and Vision
“The concert ended with the première of Harriet Adie's own Jewellery box. She is clearly a talented composer and this is an effective work which matched scale and expressive range. There was an intriguing Scottish flavour to 'Moonstone', while 'Diamond' ended the work in a torrent of driving energy.”
South Wales Evening Post
“….the transcendental Elemental (composed by Harriet Adie). Adie’s composition was innovative and well phrased, displaying a timely use of percussive sounds chiming with contemplative passages.”