From the reviews of the world premiere:

„... this is a new kind of orchestral song which could best be described as a solo cantata. It is marked by the greatest imaginable plasticity of musical declamation in the solo voice and a sonorous but never over-scored treatment of the orchestra. A piece such as only a master could have composed."

Leipziger Neueste Nachrichten

„... the sensuous sound world has a striking sophistication conjured from the orchestra by a composer with a limitless knowledge of instrumentation."

Leipziger Volkszeitung