It was guitarist Xuefei Yang who gave the most surprising recital. In Xiaoyong Chen's Static and Rotation, her guitar created an astonishing variety of sounds, from bell-like harmonics to weird scrapes and noises. She gave the world premiere of Timothy Salter's Equipoise, a balancing act between intense musical contrasts. Her most affecting playing, though, was reserved for the crepuscular colours of Britten's Nocturnal after John Dowland.
Tom Service, 13th January, 2003 Guardian
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