What a wonderful film. As a pianist and teacher, I have performed and taught Barber’s music for 50 years. Like many, it was his Adagio for Strings that "did it" for me, when I was a teen. It somehow expressed everything that was troubling me, every doubt, every existential question I had, and still have. He was a musical philosopher and the world is a better place because of his presence and his art. Thank you so much for sharing this.
Usually videos like this overstate an artists importance, but not this one. Barber was an astonishingly intelligent man, a creative titan with generative powers that approach Brahms and Strauss. Copland may be the most iconic American composer, but Barber is the best.
Most truly perceived and stated - Samuel lived at the heart of things, Copland, whose work I greatly enjoy & admire, afraid of that heart . . .The only time he reached it abidingly & enduringly, ironically, is in his first & most radiant score for the 1939 film classic, 'Of Mice and Men', which virtually no one, not even Copland lovers, have ever heard. It is nothing but pure & unadulterated feeling, bleeding out without Aaron's chronic avoidance of intense emotion. Invest in the CD soundtrack recording. . .You won't regret it.
@@WakingEssence Thanks from me as well--I will listen to that. I believe his score for the 1949 film "The Red Pony" was widely admired as well. My favorite Copland works are "Quiet City" and the second movement of his clarinet concerto. And my sentimental favorite by Barber is his third "Excursion." It reminds me of the wonderful, winsome Menuet from Ravel's "Le Tombeau du Couperin."
What a wonderful film. As a pianist and teacher, I have performed and taught Barber’s music for 50 years. Like many, it was his Adagio for Strings that "did it" for me, when I was a teen. It somehow expressed everything that was troubling me, every doubt, every existential question I had, and still have. He was a musical philosopher and the world is a better place because of his presence and his art. Thank you so much for sharing this.
Thanks in return for your powerful testament to this music, so deeply personal. It is eternal.
Usually videos like this overstate an artists importance, but not this one. Barber was an astonishingly intelligent man, a creative titan with generative powers that approach Brahms and Strauss. Copland may be the most iconic American composer, but Barber is the best.
Most truly perceived and stated - Samuel lived at the heart of things, Copland, whose work I greatly enjoy & admire, afraid of that heart . . .The only time he reached it abidingly & enduringly, ironically, is in his first & most radiant score for the 1939 film classic, 'Of Mice and Men', which virtually no one, not even Copland lovers, have ever heard. It is nothing but pure & unadulterated feeling, bleeding out without Aaron's chronic avoidance of intense emotion. Invest in the CD soundtrack recording. . .You won't regret it.
@WakingEssence Thanks for the suggestion, I'll seek it out. Similarly, I've always enjoyed his "Our Town" score above all.
@@WakingEssence Thanks from me as well--I will listen to that. I believe his score for the 1949 film "The Red Pony" was widely admired as well.
My favorite Copland works are "Quiet City" and the second movement of his clarinet concerto. And my sentimental favorite by Barber is his third "Excursion." It reminds me of the wonderful, winsome Menuet from Ravel's "Le Tombeau du Couperin."
I very much like those thoughts. And the production was outstanding.
Thank you very much Jim, so nice of you to watch and comment. There is some bonus material you may enjoy at the Web site too, samuelbarberfilm.com
Какая роль?,это лучшая музыка написанная для человечества !!!
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