Zachary Lewis, The Plain Dealer

“‘Topos,’…straddled these two extremes with daunting magnificence...In four movements for large orchestra, Cheung took up the "Topos" ("Topics") of night music, "Storm and Stress," love, and hunting, in each case repurposing apt excerpts from the likes of Beethoven and Mahler as pigments in the musical equivalent of a freeform drip painting. As in all great Pollocks, however, there's method behind the seeming madness. Even at the most confounding moments of "Topos," one could sense the presence of a brilliant, expansive mind.”