“Mary Lynch held the packed hall spellbound with her remarkably eloquent oboe phrasing.”
— Thomas May, bachtrack.com
“The star of evening was oboist Mary Lynch: She played with beautifully shaded tone at all registers of her instrument and had clearly taken this music to heart.”
— David Patrick Stearns, Philadelphia Inquirer
“The Mozart succeeded largely thanks to Mary Lynch’s oboe. After the boldness of horns, and the robust Romantic incarnation of a string quartet, her tonal clarity and levity brought a new energy.”
— Nate Shaffer, Boston Music Intelligencer
“Oboe principal Mary Lynch was remarkable in her many expressive solos.”
— Philippa Kiraly, The Sun Break
“As Dutilleux’s oboe fragments evolve into fully paragraphed lines that climax with multiphonics - all beautifully sculpted by Mary Lynch – dabs of the Baroque colour this explicitly contemporary canvas. ”
— Phillip Clark, Gramophone
“The stars of this concert were the members of the chamber orchestra. Mary Lynch, principal oboe of the Seattle Symphony, played soft and luscious lines, keeping her modern instrument as gentle as a baroque oboe.”
