. . . a sprawling, wandering hourlong geological survey of the composer's ambitious spiritual world. Her music does not develop; it accumulates. – Bernard Holland, New York Times, (May 17, 1997)
. . . the only single, continuous orchestral movement I know of to surpass the finale of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony in duration . . . – Kyle Gann, Village Voice, (June 3, 1997)