It’s a mad project – mad – demented, even. “Take the egos of 19 composers and assign them roles in a compositional undertaking in which they have to conform to a single overriding artistic direction, to be interpreted by a dozen ensembles sometimes playing outdoors in a massive site. There will be “333 musicians, 2,000 bell-ringers, hordes of scouts and cadets, and thousands of Montrealers and visitors are expected to mass at the gardens of St. Joseph’s Oratory and be surrounded by the sound of the $1-million Symphony of the Millennium – a work collectively composed by 19 people. – The Globe and Mail (Canada)