The Globe and Mail —
November 13, 2004 (Page R8).  

“Constantinople, the multimedia music event that was given its Toronto premiere on Wednesday, is a dynamic catalogue of the polyglot music that might exist in a town of cosmopolitan character…. It may also be a piece whose governing idea is stronger than its ultimate expression. Any few minutes of Wednesday’s show could be quite compelling, but the whole lacked the instant, pervasive sense of character expressed by every interesting city…. No doubt Hatzis is a capable craftsman. He is both promiscuous and logical, though these traits are seldom applied to best effect in Constantinople. Too often the music felt like the dogged illustration of an extramusical theme, rather than its organic consequence. The piece aims for the stars, but ultimately stays solidly on Earth.”