Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
2017
Music / History / Documentary
10.0 (1)
2 hr 10 min
English
A documentary about the composer of the Adagio for Strings
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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- Released
- Production
- Zen Violence Films
Keywords
- composer
- classical music
- bernstein
- symphony
- concerto
- samuel barber
- sonata
- chamber music
- copland
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Top Cast
Thomas Hampson as Self
Leonard Slatkin as Self
Marin Alsop as Self
John Corigliano as Self
Jenny Oaks Baker as Self
Top Crew
H. Paul Moon · Director
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