Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty

Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty

10.0

2 hr 10 min

2017-03-23

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Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaimed film is a probing exploration of his music and melancholia. Performance, oral history, musicology, and biography combine to explore the life and music of one of America’s greatest composers. Features Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop and many more of the world's leading experts on Barber's music, with tributes from composers Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson and William Schuman. The film was broadcast on PBS, and screened at nine film festivals internationally, with three best-of awards. It was named a Recording of the Year 2017 by MusicWeb International.

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Thomas Hampson

Thomas Hampson

Self

Leonard Slatkin

Leonard Slatkin

Self

Marin Alsop

Marin Alsop

Self

John Corigliano

John Corigliano

Self

Jenny Oaks Baker

Jenny Oaks Baker

Self

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