Michael Tumelty, The Herald
March 14, 2008

"Star of the night was Alison Balsom, who brought sensational articulation to Haydn's Trumpet Concerto, along with an unusually seductive quality to the phrasing."


Garry Fraser, The Courier and Advertiser
March 17, 2008

"Haydn's Trumpet Concerto is a standard fare but in the hands of a soloist like Alison Balsom it was given added sheen and lustre. Balsom's encore of Debussy's Syrynx was even more stunning (...) A spell-binding performance of the modern-day musical phenomenon that is Alison Balsom".