Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty (2017)
2h 10m
Running Time
March 23, 2017Release Date
Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty (2017)
2h 10m
Running Time
March 23, 2017Release Date
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Plot.
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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Currently Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Amazon Video
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Leonard Slatkin
Himself
Marin Alsop
Self
Pierre Brévignon
Self
John Corigliano
Self
Jenny Oaks Baker
Herself
Thomas Hampson
Self
Barbara B. Heyman
Consulting Producer
William Sharp
Self
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