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Salute
to the New Land
January 31, 2002
Dohnányi, Dvorák, Bloch
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Mostly
Passing Through
February 1, 2002
Bartók, Slonimsky, Prokofiev,
Delius |
The
New Virtuosi
February 2, 2002
Damrosch,
Barber, Koussevitzky,
Tchaikovsky |
Giants
in America
February 7, 2002
Schoenberg, Rachmaninoff, Weill, Stravinsky
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Émigrés
in Hollywood
February 8, 2002
Toch, Korngold, Waxman, Castelnuovo-Tedesco,
Rózsa |
The
New Americans
February 9, 2002
Sheng, D'Rivera, Varèse, Camilo |
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Samuel Barber began his musical career early, entertaining
thoughts of becoming a singer. Eventually he decided to enroll at
the Curtis Institute at age 14 to study piano instead.
He studied briefly in Europe before returning to
the United States to compose everything from operas to symphonies
to concertos to chamber music and more. Over the course of his career
Barber received numerous awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes.
Additionally, his Opera Antony and Cleopatra was commissioned
to open the Metropolitan Opera House.
By far, his most recognizable and beloved composition
is "Adagio for Strings", which has become an unofficial
anthem for mourning being played following the deaths of Presidents
Roosevelt and Kennedy and throughout numerous films including Lorenzo's
Oil and Platoon.
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