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Also of the special interest on the program was the first public performance here of Divertimento for String Orchestra by Toronto
composer Oskar Morawetz. The work achieves a mood of contemporary romanticism, particularly in the warm lyricism of the slow middle section.
A wide variety of themes contributes to a skillful use of counterpoint and the Divertimento is further blessed by an avoidance of disturbing dissonances. For the
record it should be noted that it was given a warmer reception than is usually
accorded new works at TSO concerts.
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