ON THIS DAY | Composer Samuel Barber Died in 1981

His signature works include Adagio for Strings and his Violin Concerto Op. 14 - a much-loved standard in today’s concert and competition repertoire

American composer Samuel Barber died on this day in 1981, aged 70.

His signature works include Adagio for Strings and his Violin Concerto Op. 14 - a much-loved standard in today’s concert and competition repertoire.

ANNE AKIKO MEYERS | BARBER VIOLIN CONCERTO | GEORGE PEHLIVANIAN & SLOVENIAN PHILHARMONIC | 2006

The American Masters - Barber & Bates: Violin Concertos - Corigliano: Lullaby for Natalie |CD|

Anne Akiko Meyers, Violin

Leonard Slatkin & London Symphony Orchestra

Release Date: September 20, 2014

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