Adagio for Strings

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Barber's masterpiece for string orchestra. This piece - from 1936, and at a time of personal and international turbulence - is a mixture of tears and sighing. Listen: an orchestra breathes, and grieves. Composer: Samuel Barber Performers: BBC National Orchestra of Wales Conductor: Jac van Steen Recording date: 11 May 2019 Date of broadcast: 22 June 2020