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        Commissioned by the Manchester Music Festival

        arr. by the composer (2024)
        Available for performance after August 2024.
        Unavailable for performance.

        • hp/str(3.2.2.2.1)
        • 12 min

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        • Catalogue Classics: Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
          • Catalogue Classics: Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
          • Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber is one of the best-known and most beloved concert works of all time. Derived from the middle movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11, it was premiered in 1938 by Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra. As the US struggled to emerge from the Great Depression and the prospect of war in Europe loomed, Adagio for Strings provided its audiences with a space to access their emotions, through radio broadcasts and performances across the Americas.

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