"...exquisite flute playing." The Guardian April 2007
"Evocative... dazzling... flute recitals may be a tough sell, but Beynon has the star quality to make a lot of friends for her instrument." The Sunday Times 20th August 2006
"The usual impeccable standards... Welsh flautist Emily Beynon played Prokofiev, Poulenc and Debussy with fluency and charm" The Observer 20th August 2006
'"..clear, bright tone... her playing demonstrated rare dynamic flexibility. Beynon provided the technical fireworks, particularly in the jaw-dropping set of variations on the Carmen's Habanera." The Edinburgh Herald August 2006 "[EB] and her pianist partner Andrew West gave a brilliantly accomplished morning concert in the Queen's Hall. Their performance of Prokofiev's Flute Sonata was so resourcefully coloured that it seemed impossible that the composer could ever have even contemplated arranging it as a violin sonata". Country Life August 2006
"...it's pleasing that some of the orchestra's brightest stars receive a name check, not least Emily Beynon, principal flute. Jansons gives her the space to excel."
Petrushka CD with Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Gramophone February 2006
",,,nothing less than impeccable..."
Mozart Concert recording with Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
CD of the week ABC Classic FM (Australia) 20th February 2006
"...gripping execution..." The Guardian
"...breathtaking virtuosity..." The Times
"Outstanding flautist.. sparkling passage work.. sensuous, imaginative tone" The Independent
"An ingenious piece of programming.. brilliantly played by Beynon and West... an absorbing and hugely entertaining disc."
Les Six disc (Hyperion) The Sunday Times
"Emily Beynon plays quite beautifully throughout. Her phrasing is natural, without exaggeration, her tone pure, dynamics well varied, intonation exemplary and there is no heavy breathing."
Les Six disc (Hyperion) Gramophone
"Emily Beynon's playing here is extraordinary, with both technique and musicianship utterly assured."
Les Six disc (Hyperion) International Record Review
Emily pipes up with panache
"Beynon is a rapidly rising star. She played Debussy's Syrinx in the dark at the start of the second half. She turns a phrase like a master craftsman and produces warmer tone than you would have thought possible from a silver stick of steel."
QEH Evening Standard
"...would we regularly like to hear players as characterful as the horn player Jacob Slagter, the delectable British flautist Emily Beynon, and the steel-lipped trumpeter Peter Masseurs? The answer must be, yes please!"
Concertgebouw/RFH The Times
"... words almost fail me.. This very enjoyable but in places extremely demanding programme needed everything you have got (but not all at once) and Emily did have it all and more, giving us elegance, brilliance and nostalgia, but also bite and ferocity. She performs with panache and a great sense of style."
British Flute Society Magazine
"The Guildhall (String Ensemble) attracts eminent soloists, and was here joined by Emily Beynon, the excellent flautist who is principal with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. As prima inter pares in the Bach suite she both blended with the string tone and added a warm, cultured lustre."
The Daily Telegraph
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