"Gwyn Pritchard’s music has a restless, pulsating energy that ebbs and flows within a precise framework. ... purposeful craft, which guides the ear with intention and sophistication.  
... constructed with great precision. 
...full of virtuosic and precise details." (Tempo)

"... an unusually confident and single-minded compositional voice, an oak trunk almost entirely unbuffeted by the winds of time." (Tempo)

"... outstanding composer and conductor... The whole evening…the exceptional compositions by Gwyn Pritchard…was an amazing experience" (Glissando - Poland)  

“…The ensemble works display an imaginative and clear ear for instrumental timbre… his structuring of his sound world demonstrates a keen ear for pacing and structure…” (British Music Society review of the CD ‘Features and Formations’)

THE FIRMAMENT OF TIME  

"…purposeful, even ceaseless transformation…the correlation of incidental detail within the overall picture was finely controlled…expressive immediacy" (classicalsource.com)

"...on a trajectory through space, in and out of clouds, past galaxies and through constellations." (Sara Mohr-Pietsch on Hear and Now, BBC Radio3)

LA SETTIMA BOLGIA

"...always in fluctuating, often turbulent motion...brilliantly scored." (The Guardian)

"A firm sense of direction...vividly imagined and realised." (Independent)

"...one of his finest works" (Tempo)

MERCURIUS

"A piece of many layers, shades, contrasts and transformations, as unpredictable as quicksilver, and just as captivating in its elusive manner" (Contact)

"Austere, delicate patterns..." (Sunday Times)

"Sparkling fragments of dialogue tossed about in explosive flashes...constantly changing mood (The Times)

ENSEMBLE MUSIC FOR SIX

"...wonderfully idiomatic" (musicalpointers.co.uk)

"...unrelenting energy and stark contrasts" (Tempo)

"..ranged from deeply lyrical solos to frenzied 'Pierrot Lunaire' atmospheres, encapsulating in music everything one could associate with nocturnal adventure. Most definitely the highlight...successfully captivated the audience." (Venue)

CHAMBER CONCERTO

RES

"...profound... melancholic work." (Bunder Tagblatt, Chur, Switzerland)

" A highlight of the programme... sparse and austere, filled with moments that chilled like icy drops of rain on snow. ... filled with consistent urgency and unsettled searching. ... spacious and architectural in its construction." (Tempo)

MUSIC FOR DOUBLE BASS AND HARP

"Carefully crafted... a vivid image of sound" (Neue Musikzeitung)

"...the double bass sounds delicate and ethereal" (Ruch Muzyczny - Poland)

JANUS

"..highly entertaining, brilliantly written, captivating virtuosity." (Dreh Punkt Kultur - Salzburg)

INTERMEZZO

"...The music is full of colour, contrast and expression...[the] sense of the music working on multiple levels simultaneously is achieved without overcomplicating the material, and the expression never suffers...very much a piece with a meaning which has much to offer both the player and the listener...an excellent recital piece." (PAN, journal of the British Flute Society)

ZEPHYRUS

"…a highly accomplished work which is an absolute joy to play. The instrument has space to resonate and to show its best range of colours and textures, and the music is expressive, well-structured and presents just the right kinds of challenges…an excellent composition in all senses…" (Carla Rees in PAN, journal of the British Flute Society)

CAPRICCIO INQUIETO

"...disturbing piece..." (Glissando - Poland)

FIVE SHORT PIECES FOR PIANO"

"...colourful, imaginative, modern and very playable." (PIANOnews, Germany)

RAUM GREIFT AUS

"A substantial piece, palpably honest in its music-making and most effectively written for the instrument...an ambitious piece..." (Tempo)

CALLING

“A composition rich in gestures with many musical contrasts” (Neue Musikzeitung) 

“…make(s) use of the second and third pedals to capture harmonic echoes of the violent outbursts.  This is most effective in Calling, where an, almost, sustained melodic line is accompanied by a skittish commentary.” (British Music Society - CD review)

MICROPUS

"A collection of six meticulously elaborate miniatures of varying length and style; fragment to sophisticated character piece, of considerable compositional diversity.... The first volume of these imaginative micro-pieces [nos.1-6] shows the hand of an experienced and professional composer."  (Neue Musikzeitung)  

TIDE

"...the core idea is formed very aptly, but lets you feel free to respond." (PIANOnews, Germany)

"...an atmospheric work  ... a steady ripple of rich notes unfolding from even stillness." (Tempo)

RICORRENZA

"... gesturally rich and technically demanding solo piece with brilliant passagework...lively rhythms. The professional cellist reveals himself in the idiomatic instrumental writing..."  (Neue Musikzeitung)  

TO JARDENNA

"...nervously atonal, striving, reflective..." (Independent)

ENITHARMON

"...extremely appealing and sensitive...a gratifying work to sing and hear...the vocal writing is beautifully supple and idiomatic throughout the piece." (Jane Manning in New Vocal Repertory [pub: OUP])

"...The poetic text of Blake is translated into wide, freely swaying melodic lines." (Neue Musikzeitung)

FORSE MI STAI CHIAMANDO

"Highly highly elaborate craftsmanship, in an atonal style. Predominantly melismatic and strongly ornate vocal line... The instrumental accompaniment, varied and coloured by different playing techniques, adds to the rhapsodic discourse...The poem ...is transformed here here into expressive, ornately florid music, almost "baroque", in the literal sense of a strangely shaped pearl. (Neue Musikzeitung)  

LUCHNOS

"...short but powerful..." (musicalcriticism.com)