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"I am sure David the psalmist would have cheered from above!"
Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms,
Twentieth Century Icons
Facebook OCS Vigilante Reviews, November 2010.

"Conductor, soloists, chorus and orchestra really ripped into the score and results ranged from pleasing to sensational!"
Haydn's Theresienmesse,
Sacred Jewels of the Royal Court
Ottawa Citizen, March 2011.

"Matthew Larkin's rendition of the (St. Matthew) Passion must be counted among the finest achievements of his years in Ottawa."
Richard Todd, Ottawa Citizen, March 2010.

"Larkin's handling of the 3rd stanza (of his wife in winter) was brilliant and his chorus sang beautifully."
wife in winter
Matthew Larkin - composer and conductor
The Ottawa Citizen, April 2007.

"the apocalyptic finale was gripping and after the entrance of the chorus, uplifting as well.  The singers of the Choral Society had a fine, homogenous sound, just the thing for its work in this symphony".
Mahler - Symphony No. 2, Ottawa Symphony Orchestra
David Currie - conductor
The Ottawa Citizen, October 2007.

"Matthew Larkin guided his Choral Society through a programme of a very high standard, musically honest and elegantly interpreted.  (The Bach) Magnificat received a very refined performance (which) was stylistically coherent."
I Sing of a Maiden
Matthew Larkin - conductor
Le Droit, November 2007.