Happy 100th Birthday, Samuel Barber!

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Happy 100th Birthday, Samuel Barber!

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He was born today, March 9, 1910 in West Chester Pennsylvania. Any comments on his music or life?
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Re: Happy 100th Birthday, Samuel Barber!

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Piano Sonata!
I know someone who is [a composer] and very interested in Barber.
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Re: Happy 100th Birthday, Samuel Barber!

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Barber is great. Vanessa is my favorite of his, but also like Knoxville: Summer of 1915, and his Excursions for Piano and Summer Music Quintet is great as well.

p.s. Barber's home is 5 minutes from where I live. Pretty cool, huh?
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Re: Happy 100th Birthday, Samuel Barber!

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Listen to this radio program from last week, from WHYY in Philadelphia.
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Re: Happy 100th Birthday, Samuel Barber!

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I have to say one of the most underrated Barber pieces is his Capricorn Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Trumpet, and String Orchestra. Great piece of music!
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Sirius Satellite Radio is streaming the 1966 first broadcast performance from the MET of the original version of Barber's Antony and Cleopatra all this week both over the air and over the Internet. It is a far better opera than its initial critics thought and would ably bear a fully staged revival.

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sbeckmesser wrote:Sirius Satellite Radio is streaming the 1966 first broadcast performance from the MET of the original version of Barber's Antony and Cleopatra all this week both over the air and over the Internet. It is a far better opera than its initial critics thought and would ably bear a fully staged revival.

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The Curtis Institute is staging Antony and Cleopatra this very month.
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