"An innovative composer moved to write for the instrument after encountering a major player…a powerful, ruminative suite" - TIME OUT NEW YORK

"The other works on the program [Britten’s Suite for Harp, Carter’s Bariolage, and Hindemith’s Sonata for Harp] are about what the notes say, as opposed to the program’s world premiere, Every Lover is a Warrior, which is more about what the notes suggest. The music itself is like a series of haiku poems, written with an economy that allowed room for the listener to contemplate a multiplicity of meaning as well as the subtle interruptions in symmetry that told you that nothing was what it seemed. With Bridget Kibbey’s atmospheric range of articulation, the piece seemed as fine as any around it." - THE PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER

"sensitively scored...naturally attuned to the harp's evocative qualities" - THE WASHINGTON POST

"The virtuosic first movement of Every Lover Is a Warrior, based on the Appalachian ballad “John Riley,” had [the harpist] wheeling and tumbling through the octaves, drawing out striking, earthy tones. The solo instrument became a full bluegrass ensemble, both melody and rhythm." - THE BOSTON GLOBE

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