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Gorecki's Fourth Symphony Analysis
The Canadian Premiere of Gorecki’s IV Symphony

The Contemporary Music Festival in Winnipeg is one of the most important festival of modern music on the American Continent. This year’s edition will take place from January 22nd to January 29th , and its culmination will be the first ever Canadian premiere of Gorecki’s Fourth Symphony.
Henryk Gorecki has an extremely rich artistic work, but the greatest popularity has brought to the composer’s the Third Symphony “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.”

Popularity of the Third Symphony reaches far beyond the world of classical music. In 1992, the symphony has reached the top of the American and British music charts. The composition was included in several movie soundtracks, and as well it has become

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