BBC5 年
From Sadness to Joy: Barber’s ‘Adagio for Strings’
In 2004, a competition by BBC Radio 4’s Today programme set out to find “the saddest music in the world” and was won by Barber’s Adagio for Strings – receiving 52% of the public votes ...
The Straits Times24 天
Concert review: Artistic triumph of young American-Japanese violinist Keila Wakao
His Adagio For Strings, synonymous with grief and mourning, is an expanded orchestration of the central slow movement from the String Quartet Op.11. Its overall mood of profound sadness is often ...