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“The American idiom comes as naturally to these players as breathing, and one could not have hoped to hear Barber's silken phrases more handsomely spun ...the essential framework McMahon established was eminently appropriate and effective. Thus the performance was full of the heady atmosphere suggested by the text, which describes the smells and sights and sounds of a summer evening in Knoxville.”
“...a nice blend of instruments and voices...”
(Madama Butterfly) Chicago Sun Times
“...the result is an evening of entertainment that can hardly be beat...”
(Barber of Seville) South Bend Tribune
“...one of the most interesting conductors in Ann Arbor. Conductor Kevin McMahon ...believes in interpretation ...One gets the sense that McMahon's interpretive decisions result from a convincing combination of premeditation and inspiration, that they are always appropriate, both to the local context and the entire structure.”
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