Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
"A documentary about the composer of the Adagio for Strings"
Overview
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.
About Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty (2017)
Released in 2017, Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty is a music, history and documentary film from Zen Violence Films (France). It was directed by H. Paul Moon. The cast is led by Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop, John Corigliano and Jenny Oaks Baker. With a runtime of 2h 10m, the film averages 10.0/10 across 1 TMDB ratings.
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