TSO to Play New Memorial To Kennedy
[...]Walter
Susskind, [...] decided to add it to the all-Beethoven program already
scheduled to coincide as nearly as possible with the first anniversary of Mr.
Kennedy's death.
[...]
Dr. Morawetz said that the Passacaglia is a complete departure from his usual musical idiom. He has written it in a style contemporaneous with the St. Matthew Passion, though he has made use of the full coloring of the modern symphony orchestra.
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