"...Pergolesi's Stabat Mater was most movingly and superbly realised.
The soloist Lucy Crowe and the young countertenor David Bates
were outstanding both singly and in duets..."

MUSICAL OPINION, MAY / JUNE 2004

"...David Bates was the smooth toned countertenor..."

RODNEY MILNES - OPERA, FEB 2003

"...Britten's Abraham and Isaac, impeccably sung by the tenor Simon Wall
and David Bates, the latter a countertenor of truly outstanding ability,
provided the high point for this excellent concert..."

FRANK CLIFF - THE EAST ANGLIAN
DAILY TIMES, 8 APRIL 2002