Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
7.2
“A documentary about the composer of the Adagio for Strings”
Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaimed film is a probing exploration of his music and melancholia. Performance, oral history, musicology, and biography combine to explore the life and music of one of America’s greatest composers. Features Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop and many more of the world's leading experts on Barber's music, with tributes from composers Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson and William Schuman. The film was broadcast on PBS, and screened at nine film festivals internationally, with three best-of awards. It was named a Recording of the Year 2017 by MusicWeb International.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
5 people
Thomas Hampson
Self
Also in
Verdi: Don Carlos
La traviata
Leonard Slatkin
Self
Also in
Virtuosity
La Fanciulla del West
Marin Alsop
Self
Also in
The Conductor
Marin Alsop: Um dia na Osesp
John Corigliano
Self
Also in
Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note
Jenny Oaks Baker
Self
Also in
Christmas Eve
H. Paul Moon Director
United States release March 23, 2017 · Produced in France, United States
Production
Zen Violence Films
Production
France · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 23, 2017
Theatrical
More from H. Paul Moon
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.