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H.M.Górecki had been awarded the [[Order of the White Eagle (Poland)|Order of the White Eagle]] by the [[President of Poland|President of the Republic of Poland]] [[Bronisław Komorowski]], Poland's highest honour, just a month before his death. The Order was presented by the wife of President Komorowski in Górecki's hospital bed.<ref name = bbc_death/><ref name="washington_post_death"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/12/music-no-mother-do-not-weep/|title=Music: No, Mother, do not weep – Inkless Wells, Uncategorized – Macleans.ca|date=12 November 2010|work=[[Maclean's]]|accessdate=13 November 2010}}</ref> Earlier, Górecki was awarded the [[Order Odrodzenia Polski|Order Odrodzenia Polski II class and III class]] and the [[Order of St. Gregory the Great]].
He was married to Jadwiga, a piano teacher. His daughter, Anna Górecka-Stanczyk, is a pianist, and his son, Mikołaj Górecki,
The world premiere of the Fourth Symphony took place on April 12, 2014. It was performed, as originally scheduled in 2010, by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the [[Royal Festival Hall]], London, but with [[Andrey Boreyko]] conducting, instead of [[Marin Alsop]].<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/video/2014/apr/14/philharmonic-orchaestra-video The Guardian video of world premiere]</ref>
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