Halyna Ovcharenko's music for the children's ballet The Last Battle after C. S. Lewis was performed at the Peacock Theatre in London in May2000. It won substantial critical acclaim:
Signs of Perfection in Minimal Movements
"Halyna Ovcharenko's colouristic, through-composed score for small orchestra gives the undertaking a fierce professional gloss, ranging from plangent folk tunes to terrifying brass climaxes worthy of Prokofiev. There were moments when, with realistic campfire blazing, the stage thick with battle-smoke and mustering armies, and another orchestral pile-up brewing, you had pinch yourself to believe this was a children's show."
Jenny Gilbert, The Independent on Sunday, 21 May 2000.
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