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Critical acclaim
”the crown jewel of Finnish music, YL Male Voice Choir, performin Jean Sibelius' songs for male voice choir in Ainola forest, the crowd sitting on hayblocks, wood pigeons mumbling in the background.”
Helsingin Sanomat
/ Vaijo Murtomäki, 27.07.2010”Matti Hyökki's era as YL-conductor is an unparalleled success story.”
Hufvudstadsbladet
/ Mats Liljeroos, 24.05.2010”I find Talescapes to be the best recording ever heard by YL so far”
SULASOL magazine
/ Reijo Kekkonen, 28.4.2010”the Minnesotans, with the assistance of the Y. L. Male Voice Choir, from Finland, delivered a performance of uncanny, wrenching power, the kind you hear once or twice a decade. ”
The New Yorker
/ Alex Ross, 22.03.2010”Without forgetting its traditions, YL's larger male-assembly produces a pithy tone.”
Helsingin Sanomat
/ Jukka Isopuro, 20.3.2010”Matti Hyökki is one of our musical art's finest premiere-performers: every new piece is sent from his hands and YL's throats to the world as complete and vital.”
Rondo
/ Antti Häyrynen, 3/2010”Mr. Vanska said he was uncertain that an American choir could successfully sing the Finnish texts, so he brought in the superb YL Male Voice Choir”
The New York Times
/ Vivien Schweitzer, 02.03.2010”The best I've seen in a year, and I see 150 performances per year. -Sedgwick Clark, Musical America”
YLE Kulttuurikunto
/ Outi Popp, 01.03.2010”easily the finest concert I've heard so far this season.”
classicalsource.com
/ Gene Gaudette, 01.03.2010”Not only did he [Vänskä] have the orchestra playing magnificently, he also had a sensational lineup of vocalists, all Finnish”
classicstoday.com
/ David Hurwitz, 01.03.2010