Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings

[elleng]

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#16 on 2024 Classical Countdown

[Sneederbunk]

1. A great work.

However, never listen to this if you are depressed.

[elleng]

2. Right, but then there's Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending

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[Sneederbunk]

3. Thank you. A good theme for DUers in 2025.

[Mme. Defarge]

4. Beat me to it!

I think I first heard it in the movie Gallipoli during a devastatingly tragic scene. Allied soldiers being sent, hopelessly, into enemy machine gun fire and played in slow motion. The only upside for me was becoming aware of Barber as a brilliant composer.

[hlthe2b]

5. I cry every time I hear it, but the beauty of this and a few other classical adagios make it possible

for me to get through some of life's worst crises.

[Aristus]

6. I'll never forget what one critic said about "Adagio."

“What can one say about a piece that is eight minutes of unrelieved sorrow?”

[elleng]

7. ;-(