Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (Version for String Orchestra) HD

About the composition:

Adagio for Strings is a work by Samuel Barber, arranged for string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11. Barber finished the arrangement in 1936, the same year as he wrote the quartet. It was performed for the first time in 1938, in a radio broadcast from a New York studio attended by an invited audience, conducted by Arturo Toscanini, who also took the piece on tour to Europe and South America. It is disputed whether the first performance in Europe was conducted by Toscanini or Henry Wood. Its reception was generally positive, with Alexander J. Morin writing that Adagio for Strings is "full of pathos and cathartic passion" and that it "rarely leaves a dry eye."
The piece begins with a B flat played by violins, leading to the lower strings' entrance. The rhythm is mainly compressed with sustained notes, and Barber uses some unusual time signatures including 4/2, 5/2, 6/4, and 3/2 . The piece can be heard in many TV shows and movies.
While Barber rejected many arrangements published by G. Schirmer, such as the organ arrangement by William Strickland, he did transcribe the piece in 1967 for eight-part choir, as a setting of the Agnus Dei ("Lamb of God").
Fonte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adagio_for_Strings

Sobre Barber:

Samuel Osborne Barber (Westchester, 9 de Março de 1910 — Nova Iorque, 23 de Janeiro de 1981) foi um compositor norte-americano de música erudita, mais conhecido pela obra "Adagio for Strings". Começou a compor com sete anos de idade; os seus estudos formais foram feitos no "Instituto de Música Curtis", em Philadelphia. Aos 25 anos tornou-se membro da Academia Americana em Roma.
Compôs um conhecido "Concerto para Violino" e a obra "Music for a Scene from Shelley", Opus 7, esta última baseada num poema de Percy Bysshe Shelley. É o autor de um Concerto para Piano e Orquestra e de uma Sonata para Piano. Sua ópera "Vanessa" (1957), ganhou o Prêmio Pulitzer.
Fonte: Wikipedia http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Barber

About Barber:

Samuel Osborne Barber II (March 9, 1910 -- January 23, 1981) was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. His Adagio for Strings (1936) is his most popular composition and widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music. He was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music, for his opera Vanessa (1956--57) and his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1962). His Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (1947), a work for soprano and orchestra, was an acclaimed setting of prose by James Agee.
Fonte: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Barber

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