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Happy 100th Birthday, Samuel Barber!

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:43 pm
by allegroamabile
He was born today, March 9, 1910 in West Chester Pennsylvania. Any comments on his music or life?

Re: Happy 100th Birthday, Samuel Barber!

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:12 pm
by vinteuil
Piano Sonata!
I know someone who is [a composer] and very interested in Barber.

Re: Happy 100th Birthday, Samuel Barber!

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:02 pm
by dwil9798
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?

Re: Happy 100th Birthday, Samuel Barber!

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:25 am
by Lyle Neff
Listen to this radio program from last week, from WHYY in Philadelphia.

Re: Happy 100th Birthday, Samuel Barber!

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:39 pm
by allegroamabile
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!

Re: Happy 100th Birthday, Samuel Barber!

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:31 pm
by sbeckmesser
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.

--Sixtus

Re: Happy 100th Birthday, Samuel Barber!

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:47 am
by Lyle Neff
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.

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