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 [log in to unmask] *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html