'John Palmer's music vividly embodies the most crucial stylistic evolutions of 20th century music, yet transcends them all with a most impressive individual idiom and a unique sense for tone-colour and pure imagery. Undoubtably ihe most visionary composer of his generation.? (Journal of Contemporary Arts, Tokyo, 1996)

'...one of the most successful British composers.' (Neue Krone Zeitung, Vienna, 1996)

'...extremely creative composer, with an impressive musical imagination, elegance of sound and wit, too.'
(Bieler Tagblatt, Berne, 1990)

'Palmer's works step through the hyper-regions of a spiritual meta-world: his subtle evocations reflect an individual perspective which keeps the music terse, compelling and strongly original'.
(Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, 1997)