"Lalor's ‘Flying’ is passionate, wistful music that's instantly affecting. Its long and beautiful melodic lines seem to lift us high above the clouds, propelled by gentle yet insistent rhythms motoring away underneath. In its calmer moments there's a sense of weightlessness, of effortlessly floating through the air, but the momentum always returns to carry us forwards on our journey' Sydney Symphony Orchestra 2002 "New orchestral piece sparkles like the lake. A sensationally uplifting concert overture …. exceptional new work by Dr Stephen Lalor" InTouch Magazine review of "Mima Concert Overture" Dr Stephen Lalor's compositions Ethnicities of Sound are 'sophisticated, compelling, cosmopolitan music compositions; beautifully rendered and replete with new sounds and virtuosic techniques that are deeply embodied by a musician-composer who is a specialist in the field of plucked instruments.' University of Limerick, Ireland 'a multi-lingual music-maker' whose music is 'moody, folk-flavoured, ranging from powerful, soulful lyricism to the wistful, catchy ride of Flying' Sydney Morning Herald review of CD 'Music of Stephen Lalor' "Stephen Lalor's 'Waltz' & 'Antipodie' (1994) exude a cool, Satiesque aloofness" - Australian Piano Music of the 20th Century (2005) “Stephen Lalor’s ‘Ballade’, entering on sonorous harp strings and developing into a lush melody, which swerved suddenly into his engagingly eccentric ‘Autostrada Waltz” Edinburgh Festival review 18 August 2009