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  • Tunesday - Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

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    H34D STR0NG
    Posted on 31-08-2010 09:05 AM
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    Leonard Slatkin Conducts the BBC Orchestra on September 15 2001 in honor of those who lost their lives a few days prior.

    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 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 and his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. His Knoxville: Summer of 1915, a work for soprano and orchestra, was an acclaimed setting of prose by James Agee.

    Try and add some class to this place :P

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    1. satori's Avatar
      satori - 31-08-2010, 09:09 AM
      Homeworld ftw!
    1. Marchpig's Avatar
      Marchpig - 31-08-2010, 09:12 AM
      WOW! quite moving. and beautiful piece, kudos.
    1. and3w's Avatar
      and3w - 31-08-2010, 07:42 PM
      A brilliant piece, probably my favourite bit of classical music.
      Also, if you haven't heard it may I recommend William Orbit's version?


    1. and3w's Avatar
      and3w - 31-08-2010, 07:44 PM
      Or the Ferry Corsten remix:

    1. ShinymetalASS's Avatar
      ShinymetalASS - 31-08-2010, 07:48 PM
      Love William Orbit's version, along with a whole lot of the remixes. Adore the track; it reminds me of college.
    1. Spades's Avatar
      Spades - 31-08-2010, 08:01 PM
      fucken sweet
    1. Unsavoury_Type's Avatar
      Unsavoury_Type - 31-08-2010, 10:28 PM
      I just get flashbacks of Elias and Sgt. Barnes faces....