160K views · 6.5K reactions | Wow...  Ferry Corsten remix of "Barber's Adagio For Strings" is going to send chills down your spine ❄️  Relive the full System F video set in 4K  bit.ly/SYSTEMF-4K | Transmission Festival | Facebook

17K views · 191 reactions | Barber’s Adagio was also played at the Last Night of the Proms in 2001, just four days after the 9/11 attacks, with American conductor Leonard Slatkin on the podium. He asked the audience not to applaud at the end. Listen live on BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_three | BBC Radio 3 | Facebook

On this day in 1938, Barber’s Adagio for Strings premiered, one of the most celebrated works of 20th-century classical music. Originally composed in 1936 as the second movement of his String Quartet, it was later arranged for string orchestra in 1938. In this clip, you can see it brought to life by Leopold Stokowski and the American Symphony Orchestra rehearsing ahead of the opening concert of Madison Square Garden’s new building. At 85, he conducted with remarkable energy and precision. This ra

328K views · 11K reactions | Lautstärke rauf und Taschentücher raus, denn jetzt wird's emotional - mit Samuel Barbers "Adagio for Strings". Es ist wohl eines der traurigsten klassischen Stücke aller Zeiten.梁 | WDR Sinfonieorchester | Facebook