A typical Morawetz piece
Among Canada's leading composers, Oskar Morawetz ranks not only as
one of the most prolific but also as one of the least reticent about
tackling large issues. [...] Reflections After a Tragedy, commissioned by the
CBC and premiered in the MacMillan Theatre last night, is thus a typical
Morawetz piece.
[...]
There are passages wherein the texture lightens to expose plaintive melodies in
the woodwinds and hymnlike passage for muted strings and brass. It is as if the
composer's initial reaction of anger gives way to sorrow and the hope of
redemption. But the predominant mood remains tragic, sometimes stormily so.
[...] it received what appeared to be a creditable performance by the CBC
Festival Orchestra under the direction of Lawrence Leonard
[...]
