“…in the performance of I Hear the Water Dreaming, the orchestra appearing almost to dance round the solo flute, superbly played by Adam Walker.”
The Guardian
Any prejudices about the flute as a concerto soloist evaporated in Huw Watkins’s beautiful Flute Concerto, which showed-off the superhuman genius of the LSO’s principal flautist, Adam Walker……
Classical Source
London Symphony Orchestra ; Watkins Flute Concerto, World Premiere
Looking as elegant as he sounded, Walker had as many notes to play as the rest of the orchestra put together, and his non-stop stream of birdsong was presented with a virtuosity which was discreet rather than showy
Independent
London Symphony Orchestra : Watkins Flute Concerto, World Premiere
“Walker, playing with staggering virtuosity and charm, kept the audience on the edge of their seats throughout, and brought the house down at the end.”