Identified for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was by no means fairly trendy. This acclaimed movie is a probing exploration of his music and melancholia. Efficiency, oral historical past, musicology, and biography mix to discover the life and music of considered one of America’s best composers. Options Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop and lots of extra of the world's main specialists on Barber's music, with tributes from composers Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson and William Schuman. The movie was broadcast on PBS, and screened at 9 movie festivals internationally, with three best-of awards. It was named a Recording of the 12 months 2017 by MusicWeb Worldwide.
