Music critic Samuel Langford, writing about the premiere of the work for The Manchester Guardian, concurred with the composer, writing, "It is the nearest approach we have to a real choral symphony, one in which the voices are used throughout just as freely as the orchestra."
O crítico musical Samuel Langford, escribindo sobre a estrea da obra para The Manchester Guardian, coincidiu co compositor, escribindo, "É o enfoque máis próximo que temos a unha verdadeira sinfonía coral, na que as voces son empregadas en todas partes tan libremente como a orquestra".