“Nights of Jealousy… a headily romantic narration with piano trio (violinist Violetta Suvini, cellist Gabriel Francis-Dehqani and pianist Luke Lally Maguire) and, briefly, wordless soprano (Caroline Bourg, light but radiant in four songs earlier), its most beautiful lyric inspiration reworked as the fourth of the piano impromptus… it was exquisitely delivered here”.
— The Arts Desk
“But the highlight of the day might have been the afternoon concert, where the Ubu Ensemble worked through excerpts from Zappa’s last orchestral work, The Yellow Shark, from 1993. Even alongside some intriguing obscurities by his idols Stravinsky, Webern and Varèse, Zappa’s witty, impressionistic, jazz-flecked miniatures more than held their own”.
— The Guardian
“Complementing Bridge’s Phantasy, Elgar’s Piano Quintet featured three students, including both violinists, with Jacqueline Monteiro following first violinist Violetta Suvini … the highlight was the daringly slow Adagio, with a real sense of sweep and a powerful combined body of sound”.