Peter Martins created his Barber Violin Concerto to Samuel Barber’s 1941 Violin Concerto, Opus 14, which has become one of the 20th century’s most frequently performed concertos. The ballet, which ...

Given the great success of the Adagio for Strings, Samuel Barber could have been forgiven for resting on his musical laurels in the late 1930s. But the American composer was having none of it: he set ...

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Program: Samuel Barber: “Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 14”; Serge Prokofiev: “Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, op. 100” When: Saturday, June 18, 7:30 ...

Samuel Barber, Violin Concerto; William Walton, Violin Concerto; Ernest Bloch, “Baal Shem”; performed by Joshua Bell, violin, the Baltimore Symphony and David Zinman, conductor (London 452 851-2) ...

Every now and then, a little wheeling and dealing goes into a new piece of music. That's especially true in the case of Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, performed in concert here by James Ehnes at the ...

The 1941 Violin Concerto by American composer Samuel Barber was written on commission from a wealthy soap magnate for his young adopted violinist son. But the violinist's coach expressed that the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook At the New York Philharmonic, concertos by Samuel Barber and Wynton Marsalis offered contrasting musical ideas: lyrical cohesion and ...

Gil Shaham, violin; London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn, conductor and piano (DG). Whereas Samuel Barber’s achingly beautiful Violin Concerto of 1941 has not lacked for distinguished advocates on ...

Violinist Gil Shaham, the highest-caliber international soloist to join the Arkansas Symphony this season, or for several seasons prior (don't forget we waited two additional years -- thanks, covid-19 ...