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The Guardian (Nancy Banks-Smith)
"There is, it seems to me, something of the Dudley Moores about him. So musical, so small, so ill and so overwhelmingly charming."
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The Independent (Robert Hanks)
"... the film followed Alex as he prepared to conduct his school's choir and orchestra in Bach's Magnificat, a huge and complex piece of music for any 17-year-old, or, indeed, any adult, and his absolute comfort in front of an orchestra, the genial authority with which he corrected their tempi, was remarkable."
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TV Scoop (Cate Sevilla)
"I suppose the suspense of wondering if the boys will pull off performing the Magnificat is immeasurable to watching and willing Alex to get better, but it is such a beautiful story."
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The Times (Helen Rumbelow)
"The hero of the piece was a prodigious 16-year-old pupil called Alex Stobbs, whose ambition was not to sleep in until 2pm, or score big on PlayStation, but to stage Bach’s Magnificat."
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The Telegraph (Gerard O'Donovan)
"The main strength of Stephen Walker’s documentary (apart from its subject) was its refusal to indulge in the sentimental or the saccharine. Both sides of Alex – the musically gifted and the chronically ill – got balanced treatment..."
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