McGegan Conducts Vivaldi Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Photographer: Laura Barisonzi

“McGegan’s blend of reduced instrumental resources with a relatively full-sized chorus made for rich sonorities supporting an overall stimulating listening experience... I came away with a sense that McGegan was sensitive to the phrasing of the Latin text as a guide to both vocal and instrumental phrasing. I suspect that most of us have experienced musical deliveries that treat Latin syllables only as hooks from which the notes may hang…McGegan’s approach to phrasing definitely seemed to have more to do with semantics than with phonemics.”