Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty

Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty (2017)

A documentary about the composer of the Adagio for Strings

  • Genre: Music, History, Documentary
  • Release Date: 2017-03-23
  • User Rating: 10/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 10min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Zen Violence Films
  • Production Country: France, United States of America
  • Director: H. Paul Moon
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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.

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  • Thomas Hampson

    as Self

  • Leonard Slatkin

    as Self

  • Marin Alsop

    as Self

  • John Corigliano

    as Self

  • Jenny Oaks Baker

    as Self
Production Pierre Brévignon Consulting Producer
Directing H. Paul Moon Director
Production Barbara B. Heyman Consulting Producer

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