Irish Times, April 17 2004

By MARTIN ADAMS

Midori shapes everything with such beauty, with such effortless sensitivity that a passing trifle becomes something to savour. In Robert McDonald, her regular duo partner, she had a pianist who was a perfect match. ...

It was unusual to hear a virtuoso recital that was so extreme in its quietness, that was so uninterested in playing to the gallery.

Perhaps that was why Bach's Violin Sonata in A BWV1015 was so rewarding. It was straight, impeccable in technique and shape, and acutely aware of the three-part discourse between left hand, right hand and violin.

The one place where sparks did fly was in the last item, Saint-Saëns's Sonata No. 1. This music's combination of technical facility and urbane good manners was neatly captured, and that was exemplified by the driving energy and perfect ensemble of the finale, and in the way Midori handled the long note that links the opening Allegro and the following Adagio. She made it so tantalising that one wished it could have gone on all night.