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Memorial to Martin Luther King


Feb. 2, 1984 The Gazette by Eric McLean
Reprinted with the express permission of "Montreal Gazette Group Inc.", a CanWest Partnership

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Guy Fouquet [played] the big solo role in [Morawetz'] Memorial to Martin Luther King, a work commissioned 17 years ago by Rostropovich. It's unlikely Morawetz has ever heard the score played better.

It is scored for woodwinds, brass, and a large percussion section so that the very moving lament from the cello is the only string sound to be heard. Fouquet handled it most effectively, and he received solid support from Herbig and his fellow musicians.

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