Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei (tune ‘Adagio for Strings’) #Musical Monday

On December 15^th, 1999, my mother passed away without warning. She’d been battling cancer but had been given a good prognosis a week before. Then, on that afternoon, she lay down to take a nap and never woke up.

Mother had been involved with the local arts council in Sheridan, Wyoming. One of the performances this organization brought to town on a regular basis was a symphony orchestra from Billings, Montana, about 150 miles north of Sheridan. A month after she passed, when the orchestra came to town for their annual concert, in my mother’s memory, they started the program by playing an instrumental version of the choral piece I’m featuring today.

According to Wikipedia, Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings was arranged for a string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11. Barber finished the arrangement in 1936, the same year he wrote…

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2 Responses to Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei (tune ‘Adagio for Strings’) #Musical Monday

abbiejohnsontaylor says:

January 4, 2021 at 9:34 am

Thank you, Patty, for reblogging.

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  January 4, 2021 at 9:55 am
  
  Hi.
  
  Youâre quite welcome. A beautiful way to begin this week.
  
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