Sculpture (Lindberg)

Reviewing the world premiere, Mark Swed of the Los Angeles Times described the score as "sophisticated yet immediately engrossing" and wrote, "The orchestral writing is that of a master.

He added, "In the middle, Sculpture turns into a miniature concerto for orchestra, focusing on different instrumental sections competing to be the most dazzling.

"[2] Reviewing a 2008 recording of the work, Richard Whitehouse of Gramophone declared Sculpture "quite a piece with which to have opened the Walt Disney Concert Hall" and compared the work favorably to Lindberg's Concerto for Orchestra, saying it "seems intent on righting its predecessor's wrongs – not least in its skilful mediating between extremes of motion without sacrificing either harmonic or textural intricacy, with a final section that fairly saturates the sound-space.

[6][7] Andrew Clements of The Guardian called the piece a "striking" example of "Lindberg's recent style, in which the control over harmony and structure is as rigorous as ever, but the gestural surface of the music is more immediately involving than in his earlier works.

"[8] A recording of Sculpture, performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Sakari Oramo, was released through Ondine on January 1, 2008.