Last week, news broke that British musician and producer William Orbit had died aged 69. Orbit enjoyed a long, varied and successful career working with a broad array of top-tier pop acts – Madonna, ...

In the 20th century, intellectual trends in classical music clashed with popular demand, pushing composers in one direction and audiences in another. This had never happened before. The move away from ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. In November 1938, conductor Arturo ...

Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” may be the saddest piece ever written. Voted the “saddest classical” work ever in 2004 by the listeners to the BBC Radio’s Today program, this lament is one of the ...

The New York Philharmonic shared footage of Gustavo Dudamel leading the orchestra in Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, one of the most ...

This is wonderful – 278 cellists, all recording from their homes, play Barber’s Adagio for Strings while many concert halls around the world remain closed. We’re all missing the power, excitement and ...

The enduring composition, performed at the Castlemaine state festival last weekend, felt like a lament for Covid times Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings is possibly the saddest piece of music ever ...

In the second of a five-part series produced by independent producer Ben Manilla and Media Mechanics, Weekend All Things Considered looks at recordings recently selected for the Library of Congress' ...

Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" is considered one of the most popular of all 20th-century classical works. Its 1938 premiere by the NBC... The Impact of Barber's 'Adagio for Strings' The Impact ...