William Hong wrote:

>    "A classical quartet gets the prime spot between the
>    swearing-in of Vice President-elect Joseph Biden and that
>    of President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday. And along the
>    way, a 56-year-old musical injustice will be rectified....."
>
> This article from Variety was written before the Inauguration, but
> provides some background on the the John Willams piece played by Gabriela
> Montero, Anthony McGill, Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma.

I really can't see how the injustice is being "rectified" though.

Maybe if they finally played Copland's Lincoln Portrait or *anything* by
Copland.

But to imagine that a work by the arch stylistic plagiarist, which
utilises a theme which Copland also used, is relevant...the mind boggles.

deryk barker
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