Performances of works by Samuel Barber that I came across by chance on YouTube during the months of the pandemic.
Soprano Jo Ann Pickens sings arias from ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, from a live broadcast from the 1982 Spoleto Festival. Listen here.
Augustin Hadelich plays the Barber Violin Concerto with the WDR Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Krzysztof Urbański. Recorded live on November 6th, 2020, during the pandemic.
Watch and listen here.
Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 sung by American soprano Irene Gubrud with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf on a 1983 live broadcast. Listen here.
In the concert hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, the student choir of Saint-Petersburg State University perform Barber's Agnus Dei, conducted by Eduard Krotman. This concert took place in April 2014.
Watch and listen here.
Tenor Matthew Polenzani and pianist Ken Noda perform Samuel Barber’s Hermit Songs; the performance took place on March 29th, 2015 at the Parlance Chamber Concerts in Ridgewood, N.J.
Watch and listen here.
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Samuel Barber, at age 9, wrote this note to his mother: “I was meant to be a composer and will be I’m sure. Don’t ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football — please.”