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Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty

03/23/2017

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2hrs 10min

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Music

,History

,Documentary

A documentary about the composer of the Adagio for Strings

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Thomas Hampson
  • Leonard Slatkin
  • Marin Alsop
  • John Corigliano
  • Jenny Oaks Baker

    Director

  • H. Paul Moon

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Zen Violence Films

    Production Countries

  • France
  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Thomas Hampson

Self

Leonard Slatkin

Self

Marin Alsop

Self

Jenny Oaks Baker

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