The Festival of the Munich Society for New Music
… began with Roger Jannotta’s “Forest” (quintet version). The quintet, comprising of two woodwinds (flute and clarinet) and two strings (violin and cello), as well as the piano as a resounding counterpart, depicts the composer’s walk through the Aubing woods. It never becomes tangible, however: in an indirect and discreet manner, the music remains harmonically and rhythmically ambiguous; and, in its clear intention towards abstraction, is consistent with 20th century modernity.
Rita Argauer, Sueddeutsche Zeitung