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Mager excels at conveying a wide variety of feelings -- affection, sentiment, exuberance, doubt, pain, deepest satisfaction -- all in a musical language that is both lyrical and comprehensible.
The Washington Post, 2006
', ' When we asked Stephen to write something for KFUO-FM's 50th anniversary, we expected it to have only a brief "shelf life." What we got instead was a carol for the ages.
Ron Klemm, Operations Manager, KFUO-FM, Saint Louis
', ' Mager's music glistens and glows with a character all its own... For me, it always sounds like fresh fallen snow on a gray winter soul.
Ron Klemm, Operations Manager, KFUO-FM, Saint Louis
', ' I was immediately most impressed by its simplicity and beauty... The arrangements are charming, presented in an appealing way, bringing fresh and vibrant life to these timeless carols. I heartily recommend this disc to all.
Robin Weatherall, host of the classical review radio program
', 'Cantilena
"In a Living Composers Forum Recital (...) the two (William Bolcom and Joan Morris) sat listening as 11 singers and a cadre of accompanists sang first, four selections from American Songbook, and then, four songs written by IU young composers, the most immediately rewarding, a Cantilena, set to an anonymous British lyric, by Stephen Mager.
Peter Jacobi, The Herald Times, Bloomington, Indiana
', ' Mager is conscious of mood and meaning and is very good at drawing listeners into the particular character of each carol.
David Vernier, Classicstoday.com
', ' ... Athough there are some very well-known carols here--Bring a torch, Jeannette, Isabelle; Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht; Ding, Dong! Merrily on High--more often the pieces are less commonly heard and recorded, and Mager makes it even more interesting by offering new translations of some texts and by adding a couple of original compositions to the mix. Even in Bring a torch he inserts a nifty "Gloria, Alleluia!" interlude of his own that flows beautifully back into the main melody.
David Vernier, Classicstoday.com
', ' His use of the orchestra shows more than casual familiarity with styles of composers from earlier periods, particularly the latter-19th and 20th centuries (Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Ravel), and he often ingeniously twists a rhythm or makes a clever tempo shift (listen to O Come little children, for example) to keep us keenly listening.
David Vernier, Classicstoday.com
', ' The choral writing is first rate and these singers and players ... are ideal advocates for this music.
David Vernier, Classicstoday.com
', ' Stunning, rousing... very visceral, wonderfully exciting music.
Dr. A. Dennis Sparger, Conductor and Music Director, The Bach Society, St. Louis, MO
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