Comments on: Happy 100th Birthday Samuel Barber http://www.sequenza21.com/2010/03/happy-100th-birthday-samuel-barber/ The Contemporary Classical Music Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:38:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Kennedy http://www.sequenza21.com/2010/03/happy-100th-birthday-samuel-barber/comment-page-1/#comment-23344 John Kennedy Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:28:25 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=2717#comment-23344 Indeed, thanks for noting this and celebrating a great composer. School for Scandal and Symphony No. 1, are spectacular pieces I will never tire of, with their own place and commentary on the transitions of the era. Indeed, thanks for noting this and celebrating a great composer. School for Scandal and Symphony No. 1, are spectacular pieces I will never tire of, with their own place and commentary on the transitions of the era.

]]> By: Frank J. Oteri http://www.sequenza21.com/2010/03/happy-100th-birthday-samuel-barber/comment-page-1/#comment-23337 Frank J. Oteri Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:39:28 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=2717#comment-23337 Also: Vanessa, which received the Pulitzer Prize, is an extraordinary opera. And Summer Music is one of the finest wind quintets. The Piano Concerto, for which Barber got his second Pulitzer (one of only 4 composers to ever receive 2; the others are Piston, Menotti, and Carter), is also really worthy of a revival; it's actually turning on more programs these days than it used to. Also: Vanessa, which received the Pulitzer Prize, is an extraordinary opera. And Summer Music is one of the finest wind quintets. The Piano Concerto, for which Barber got his second Pulitzer (one of only 4 composers to ever receive 2; the others are Piston, Menotti, and Carter), is also really worthy of a revival; it’s actually turning on more programs these days than it used to.

]]> By: Eric Shanfield http://www.sequenza21.com/2010/03/happy-100th-birthday-samuel-barber/comment-page-1/#comment-23310 Eric Shanfield Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:10:03 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=2717#comment-23310 Medea!!! Medea!!!

]]> By: Christian http://www.sequenza21.com/2010/03/happy-100th-birthday-samuel-barber/comment-page-1/#comment-23306 Christian Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:14:26 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=2717#comment-23306 Thanks Tom. You're right on all counts. We had a mini-Barber fest in my classes today. We listened to the Dover Beach recording, the Agnus Dei arrangement of the Adagio, and "I Hear an Army." We also talked about Knoxville and the Hermit Songs. Terrific stuff. Thanks Tom. You’re right on all counts. We had a mini-Barber fest in my classes today. We listened to the Dover Beach recording, the Agnus Dei arrangement of the Adagio, and “I Hear an Army.” We also talked about Knoxville and the Hermit Songs. Terrific stuff.

]]> By: Tom Myron http://www.sequenza21.com/2010/03/happy-100th-birthday-samuel-barber/comment-page-1/#comment-23296 Tom Myron Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:05:10 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=2717#comment-23296 Very nice Professor Carey. Thank you. Some random 100th B-Day opinions: He could have been a 'big gun'- instead he was just a great composer. No 'big gun' has written anything that comes close to Knoxville Summer. A great live performance of the Second Essay will knock you out, guaranteed. The Violin Concerto repays careful study. A live recording of Horowitz playing the Sonata will melt your speakers. Faint praise grows fainter all the time. Very nice Professor Carey. Thank you. Some random 100th B-Day opinions:

He could have been a ‘big gun’- instead he was just a great composer. No ‘big gun’ has written anything that comes close to Knoxville Summer. A great live performance of the Second Essay will knock you out, guaranteed. The Violin Concerto repays careful study. A live recording of Horowitz playing the Sonata will melt your speakers. Faint praise grows fainter all the time.

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