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From the Diary of Anne Frank


May 17, 1990. Mail Star(Halifax, N.S.) by Stephen Pedersen

SNS season finale forceful, stirring

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The concert began with Oskar Morawetz's masterwork of texture and expression, From the Diary of Anne Frank.

It is an emotional pressure-cooker, orchestrated with genius.

Its dark bass sonorities are rich without sacrificing colour, and clear in a tonal range where it is difficult to avoid producing mud. Tintner paced it with intuitive sensitivity, and Stilwell sang it beautifully.