Vienna Philharmonic – Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op.11 (Summer Night Concert 2019)

Sony Classical is proud to release Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 from the Summer Night Concert 2019. The Vienna Philharmonic is conducted by Gustavo Dudamel with pianist Yuja Wang as soloist.

The Summer Night Concert was performed on June 20th, 2019. It is an annual open-air event, which has been held since 2008. The park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna/Austria is the magical setting for the concert, which is free of charge for all residents and visitors of the city. Central to the programme of the Vienna Philharmonic’s 2019 Summer Night Concert was a musical history of the United States of America: the works that were heard in the 2019 set are composed in or for the USA, while also constituting links with the Viennese musical tradition.

Album release: 5 Jul. 2019

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[melindathao]

I dedicate this song to my Mother who died recently from covid. She was still young. I really miss her everyday. Love mum 💕 😢 ❣️

[fgrunzc]

I understand why everyone talks about how sad this song makes them feel, but I think we are all missing something with the beauty of this piece. There is a point in the music where the notes get higher and higher and when you feel like the notes can't get any higher, they go one note higher! Its beautiful! It reminds me of our resilience, strength, and joy! Remember, out of the darkness, no matter how deep, comes light!

[sergirojo]

If this masterpiece is not played in my funeral I'm not going

[daveprice]

This is one of the most beautiful things my ears have ever heard in 43 years on earth

[patrick-pcjh]

I have lung cancer and this beautiful music takes the fear away

[Oregon]

My husband's favorite classical song, and when he was just buried last week, this song was playing- as he was put into the ground. 26 wonderful married years with the smartest, most handsome, precious man ever. I still can't believe this horrible covid 19 virus took him from us. I will love you forever Darryll Eli Salvadori 💗

[ulviyyabalajayeva]

If angels were crying for humanity…this would be the background music

[TeamVictoire]

As our helicopter lifted away from our company outpost in Kandahar province in 2011, I heard this song in my head and tears flowed down my cheeks. In one year, I had seen men I was responsible for perish. I had seen the cruel suffering of the local population and at times had participated in their suffering. I witnessed the most heroic and selfless acts by men who were little more than boys. We just tried to survive, and not everyone did. Some lost their lives, some their limbs, and many their minds. I pray I may never have to kill or harm another human being as long as I live. When that helicopter left and carried me on the first leg of the long journey home, I felt as though we had all left something there. I could not think of what that was until years later, but eventually I realized it was our innocence. May peace and mercy prevail in a world so easily consumed by hatred and fear. May God forgive us all for the hardness in our hearts

[johnaddeo]

Where would humanity be without music?

[BrianCallahan-djnn]

Dedicate this masterpiece to my brother, 2 sisters, mom and dad, all gone.

[dirtfarmer]

I dedicate this to my beloved wife who passed away 5 years ago. I had a love for her that I cannot express in words...I will never get over her...

[RICHARD.WRIGHT]

MUSIC LIKE THIS SHOULD BE PLAYED IN THE STREETS OF EVERY CITY ALL OVER THE WORLD.

[bonniemacevoy]

So amazing to watch people in Vienna - a very cosmopolitan city - listening to a piece written by an American long ago, performed by Austrians, conducted by a Venezuelan, and moved by the same feelings. We have to remember that we all have more in common than not.

[malis]

I remember the first time I really listened to this Adagio. It was the movie, Platoon. My brother died in Vietnam. William Howard Shaller. He was a tank commander. Caught outside the tank, when gunfire erupted. He ran for the tank. The first time I saw Willem Dafoe running out of the jungle ... the pain and tears would not stop. They still do not stop.

[sandrabargas]

“The highest goal of music is to connect one’s soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment.”
-Pythagoras

[RaymondDyer-dm]

This masterpiece is in remembrance of my son, a young U.S. Naval aviator whose plane crashed at sea off the coast of Bosnia, 31 years ago.

[Roseycheeks]

I dedicate this song to my missing mother battling drug addiction. May you find God and recover what you’ve lost in all these years.

[schlotdoglaser]

I lost my Dad recently. The first time I heard this song it felt like he was giving me a hug from heaven and then stepping back and saying "Son, I am ok now....go live your life, I'll be waiting"

[lynnanderson]

This piece perfectly represents the pain of being a living person. Life is so dreadfully painful, but people just keep on moving foreward. Just ordinary people are heroes. We have to love others and be grateful for the good in life.

[xlrr]

In a perfect world....this is the song we should all hear when we depart this earth.