"The four Swinburne settings have a sincerity sand seriousness a long way from the sophisticated wit of Façade. “The Winds” is the most striking of these student essays, with a turbulent piano part and dramatic vocal, in which Dicker really lets fly ... Anon in love is played here with relaxed humour by Saki Kato. “Fain would I change that note” has a sensual vocal line that soars and dips, “My love in her attire” pits an athletic vocal line against a darting guitar, and the finale “To couple is a custom” is saucy and wry, and Walton at his best ... Dicker and Krystal Tunnicliffe turn on a sixpence to capture the satirical opposition of the outgoing bonhomie of city life versus the boredom of being in the country"

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"Soprano Sian Dicker kicks off with A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table, a bouquet of six songs commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths for Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Gerald Moore to perform at Goldsmiths' Hall. Schwarzkopf never recorded the work and Dicker makes the songs her own very convincingly, with plenty of spirit and good diction ..."