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Ft. Worth Star Telegram:
The most substantial work on the program was Jephte an oratorio by 17th century Roman composer... Giacomo Carissimi…(with) Rebecca Winston as Filia. Rebecca was excellent, doing an especially nice job of conveying the anguish of her character…
Dallas Morning News:
(Rebecca Winston was soloist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in a concert tribute to Richard Rogers for 4 sold out performances)
Nostalgia reigned supreme at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center…The Dallas Symphony Orchestra took a time machine back to the mid 20th century for a program of music by Richard Rogers and words by Oscar Hammerstein II. … the audience was treated to a straightforward presentation of great pop tunes of that bygone time. There was no lack of melodies to leave the hall humming.
The Bryan - College Station Eagle
Most of the heavy lifting, by far, was done by soprano Rebecca Winston. She sang the Alto solo "Agnus Dei" from Bach's "Mass in b minor"... That she could later bring in well-chosen facets of her highest registers to portray the aching cries for peace required in Ralph Vaughn William's "Dona Nobis Pacem" was a tour de force... Winston's work was all the more impressive as she gave her single role as supplicant its intensity through color choices from hard-wound steel to an eddying shimmer.
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