Tempo Magazine
“Will Todd is fast establishing himself as one of the UK’s most sought-after, versatile composers. . . [Requiem is] his most impressive, well-structured, ‘agonized-over’ work to date . . . well worth many more performances from ambitious, enterprising choirs.”
As part of his 2021 Youtube series, Will Todd talks to guitarist Thomas Gray and conductor Ralph Woodward about the commissioning and development of his 2009 Requiem for Voices and Electric Guitar.
Choir & Organ
“an outstanding response to the text” Alan Bullard/ Choir & Organ/ 2010
Ralph Woodward, conductor of The Fairhaven Singers
“This haunting work is both utterly original and eerily familiar, drawing on opera, folk music and plainsong for its inspiration, and revelling in the many gorgeous colours an electric guitar can conjure.”