“Described as a meditation on the enthralling world of dolphins and whales in music, sound, words and images, the world premiere of this work with renowned Canberra flautist, Sally Walker, was a feast for the eyes and senses...Using a variety of flutes as well as percussive instruments, Walker created a haunting soundscape that complemented the beautiful, often dreamlike video on a large screen behind her. Often playing to pre-recorded music and voice as well as speaking much of the commentary live, it was an impressively mounted presentation…The 70-minute presentation was spellbinding..” - Canberra City News

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“Walker’s boldness, already in evidence on two earlier albums, gives emotional depth to music that is often played too prettily … Walker clearly relishes this part, tinging her allegro melodies with dancing arabesques that fill her line with an impish, infectious humour. In adagio movements, she introduces vibrato and additions at just the right moment for the music to peak emotionally” ★★★★★ – BBC Music Magazine

“The performers, led by the brilliant Australian flautist Sally Walker, do full justice to these particularly seductive works, which are highly representative of the art of the composer”★★★★ – Roger-Claude Travers, Diapason

“The performances of Walker and her octet are almost intoxicating in vitality and absolute unanimity, alternating between refined elegance, intimate beauty and occasional cheekiness. A favourite composer of mine for decades, Boccherini binds the rococo and the early classical, and could do with a revival in this country. Walker’s enthusiasm and her inspirational performances would be a welcome start to that” ★★★★1/2 – The Australian

“Each one like a miniature universe, Walker and Friends created a memorable concert of music that will be long remembered and maybe, it might even create a revival of Boccherini’s woodwind music” – Limelight

“In a rare treat for Canberra music lovers, flautist Sally Walker joined by musician-collaborators from Adelaide, brought to life the flute quintets of Italian composer Luigi Boccherini” – Canberra City News

“It’s his less well-known works for flute that Dr Sally Walker presents on this brilliant 2CD set together with eight Australian colleagues drawn from various orchestras and musical groups … the six quintets of his Opus 19 … are all both lively and gracious” CD of the Week – 2mbs Radio, Sydney, Australia

“The delights just keep coming in this rather special album” – 5mbs 99.9 FM Radio, Adelaide, Australia

“…everything on the album is played with the proper relaxed grace by flutist Sally Walker and a shifting group of accompanimental players. This music has the same elegantly entertaining quality that it had when it first appeared (mostly in the early 1750s) more than two and a half centuries ago” – AllMusic

“they play like members of an orchestra would, in cooperative, balanced, blended exchange. If you’d like to hear members of a good professional orchestra in chamber music like this, for mixed ensembles of strings and winds, by a Spanish-Italian contemporary of the Haydns and Mozarts, you’ll find 8 selections to enjoy” – American Record Guide

“Walker uses a modern, fully keyed, but wooden flute that gives her playing a particularly sweet tone. This is a simply gorgeous album.” – Rick Anderson, CD Hot List

“…a deeply emotive and lyrical flight of the soul played with deep reverence and heart…

You dare not breathe in order not to miss a thing…

Something Like This is a beautifully programmed collection of well-known works performed in sumptuous style and ensemble by Walker and harpist Emily Granger.”

(Reviewed by Alison Young for Harp Column, January/February 2024 edition).

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“The absolutely sublime performance climaxed with a breathtaking cadenza in duet from Allan and Walker, bringing the audience to their feet in celebration.” (Reviewed by Charissa Ferguson for Limelight on 10 August, 2019).

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“A highlight of Dvorak’s symphony after interval, conducted by Tognetti, was the distinctive colour of the woodwind playing, particularly in the second and last movement, with comely, rounded-edged flute tone (on wooden flute) from Sally Walker.” (Reviewed by Peter McCallum for The Sydney Morning Herald, 17.11.2019)

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“Walker was masterly in her performance at a rapid tempo of the fiendish divisions, at times adding delicious ornamentation to the familiar roulades…” (Reviewed by Victoria Watson for Sounds Like Sydney, February 19, 2024).

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"...the overall effect was one of exhilaration, and awe at Walker’s virtuosity on baroque flute." (Reviewed by Aryan Mohseni for State of the Art, February 20, 2024).

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"Her connection with every musician was a joy to watch. The swift tempo and energetic playing from all made for an exciting and impressive end to the program." (Reviewed by Claudia Jelic for Classikon, February 19, 2024).

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Photo: Paul Porteus