Thursday, February 25, 2010

Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings

The masterpiece of an American composer, now, unfortunately forever linked to the movie "Platoon". This piece has never left my consciousness since the first time I heard it. (Of course it was in "Platoon".) How someone can create something like this is an obsessional mystery well beyond my understanding. I especially like this YouTube Version of it, however I still believe, despite its connection with war and the horror of 9/11, this is an extremely uplifting example of musical transcendence toward sublime peace.