IN PRAISE OF SYMPHONIC DANCES

THE SYMPHONIC DANCES ARE ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECES… A SAMPLE CARD OF AHO’S GREAT GENIUS… EVOCATIVE AND MAGNIFICENT. – SVENSKA DAGBLADET, 2 APRIL 2004 …THE SYMPHONIC DANCES ARE SIMPLY PHENOMENAL. …THE WORK HAS FOUR MOVEMENTS, GLITTERINGLY SCORED FOR LARGE ORCHESTRA, AND IT CULMINATES IN AN “ALL STOPS OUT” DANCE OF THE WINDS AND FIRES THAT GOES FAR TOWARD ESTABLISHING AHO’S CLAIM TO BE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST CURRENTLY ACTIVE WRITERS FOR ORCHESTRA. IF YOU LIKE BIG, COLORFUL, LATE-ROMANTIC MUSIC WITH REAL RHYTHM AND DRIVE, THEN YOU WILL FIND THIS DISC TOTALLY THRILLING… IF THERE’S ANY JUSTICE IN THE UNIVERSE, THIS WORK WILL BE PERFORMED EVERYWHERE. – CLASSICS TODAY, MARCH 2004 …AN EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT. A MAGICAL FUSION OF KLAMI’S OWN LANGUAGE, COLOURED AND REFRACTED THROUGH AHO’S COMPOSITIONAL MIND. …AHO IS A BORN COLOURIST AND ORCHESTRAL PAINTER WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO WRITE WITH ASTONISHING FACILITY. – MUSICWEB, AUGUST 2004