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Critical acclaim
”The YL Male Voice Choir, conducted by Pasi Hyökki, made an even bolder impression”
Helsingin Sanomat
/ Veijo Murtomäki, 5.8.2011”In this choir, the high tenors resonate as well as the low basses, not to mention the mid-voices. Vocal purity was near-perfect, reactions were lightning-fast.”
Itä-Savo
/ Riitta-Leena Lempinen-Vesa, 7.3.2011”All the other hymns are performed a cappella, in a pleasant and refined YL-tone, some as more traditional arrangements and some as very refreshing new arrangements.”
ESSE-magazine (Espoon Seurakuntasanomat) issue 8
/ Leena Santalahti, 24.2.2011”Tiellä ken vaeltaa, Armon lapset, riemuitkaa, Sun kätes, Herra, voimakkaan, upeaa puistatusta!”
Opettaja-lehti 50/2010
/ Matti Saurama, Joulukuu 2010”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