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Barber's Adagio

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores one of the most recognisable pieces of classical music, Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores one of the most recognisable pieces of classical music, Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. The work was famously used at the funerals of President John F. Kennedy, and Princess Diana, so Sara includes other music associated with mourning by Purcell, Tavener, and Mahalia Jackson, alongside pieces of classical music, which like Barber's work, have become iconically associated with films.

Producer: Ben Collingwood.

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1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 15 Mar 202613:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Music For The Funeral Of Queen Mary

    Ensemble: Equale Brass Ensemble. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Erato.

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Ensemble: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Philip Glass

    Einstein on the Beach: Knee Play 1

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble.
    • Sony Classics.

  • Franz Schubert

    Ave Maria, D. 839

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Music Arranger: James Kessler. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: Michael Stern.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Mahalia Jackson

    Take My Hand, Precious Lord

    • Columbia Records.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • CBS Masterworks.

  • Marin Marais

    4ème livre de Pièces de viole: La Rêveuse

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Pierre Hantaï. Performer: Rolf Lislevand.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Richard Wagner

    Ride of the Valkyries

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Elektra.

  • Samuel Barber

    There's Nae Lark

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Gerald Finley.
    • Hyperion.

  • Gian Carlo Menotti

    Amahl and the Night Visitors: Shepherds' Dance

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: David Syrus.
    • TER Classics.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante Festivo

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • BIS.

  • Imogen Holst

    Agnus Dei

    Choir: Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Claude Debussy

    Syrinx

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Samuel Barber

    String Quartet, Op. 11: I. Molto allegro e appassionato

    Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo In B Flat Minor, Op. 117 No. 2

    Performer: Nicholas Angelich.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio for Strings

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • EMI Classics.

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Mar 202613:30
    BBC Radio 3