““(Dana) Whiteside intoned like an old-master painted: varnished burnt umber relieved by shafts of light.””

““(Ethan) DePuy made more of a point of selling the songs with a smart affect, BBC English, a good gestural vocabulary, and he looked at individuals in the crowd. His pinging bright tenor somewhat overwhelmed the confines of the small dry room, but it sounded fresh and lively.””

““(Julia) Carey transformed the well-voiced Steinway B into peals of bells and hurricane-force storms when she wasn’t embracing her partners as a co-observer of the changing moods.””

““Whiteside’s vulnerably and entirely anti-thespian approach to the Songs of Travel made the most profound impression of the evening. Warmer of tone than before the intermission, he celebrated a life well lived with a conviction that brought tears to many of us, especially in the one more-or-less-strophic number of the concert—the big hit tune,“Whither Music I Wander.””