Couden's performance of Perry's Stabat Mater "was both mesmerizing and emotional"

“For the contralto soloist, Sara Couden, it was a powerful work with a craggy vocal line that wept, mourned, leaped, and cried out to the heavens. In her festival debut, Couden could not have been a better champion for this music. Her performance was both mesmerizing and emotional.”