The Montreal Gazette, April 8, 2002

St. John by herself opened the concert with class. Her very musical performance of Bach's Sonata in G Minor for unaccompanied violin, BWV 1001, proved thoroughly satisfying in style and interpretation. She made the difficult piece sound almost effortless. With rich tone and fine intonation, she let her instrument sing a melancholic Adagio and brought spirit plus clarity of voicing to the Allegro Fugue. The Siciliana was rather subdued, but her light touch gave the presto finale wonderful mobility.

The two musicians cast a very somber spell in the opening movement of this demanding sonata [Prokofiev's Sonata in F Minor] and poured passionate intensity into the subsequent Allegro Brusco with its extremes of expression, culminating in such furious raging. But the gentle Andante, in which the violin sang so touchingly, provided a comforting lyrical oasis before the outspoken finale. After so striking a sonata, there was no need for an encore, and none followed.