Thomas H. Green, The Arts Desk (June 29, 2026)
"You know the way church bells sound when they all peal together and meld into each other? That’s what Mattingly does with [Contemporaneous]. It’s looping, but not in that Glass/Reich way. There’s also a pushiness to it that’s percussive, and singing from Iarla Ó Lionáird, bringing further Celtic flavour to what’s an already Irish-sounding piece. It is fascinatingly different.”
