All Barber articles
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ReviewConcert review: Owls, Claire Chase (flute)
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance of Wiancko, Barber, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh and Terry Riley at 92NY, Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York, on 8 February 2025
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Renaud Capuçon: Barber, Sibelius
Master musician combines passion and experience in two contrasting concertos
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ReviewConcert review: Simone Lamsma (violin) Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra/Jonathon Heyward
Bruce Hodges hears the performance of Barber, Jessie Montgomery and Schumann at New York’s David Geffen Hall on 4 August 2023
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ReviewConcert review: Gil Shaham (violin) National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America/Andrew Davis
Bruce Hodges witnesses the performance of Barber, Berlioz, Scott Wheeler and Valerie Coleman at New York’s Carnegie Hall on 14 July 2023
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ReviewConcert review: Hilary Hahn (violin) Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Charlotte Gardner attends the performance of Barber, Copland, Carlos Simon, Jennifer Higdon and Jessie Montgomery at London’s Wigmore Hall on 20 June 2023
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ReviewJohannes Moser: Alone Together
Multitracking brought to a new level of invention by this thoughtful cellist
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ReviewSonoko Miriam Welde: Bruch, Barber, Vaughan Williams
A quality debut that includes perhaps one of the finest Larks you’ll ever hear
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ReviewSheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh-Mason: Muse
Exquisite playing on the Kanneh-Mason siblings’ first recording together
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ReviewEscher Quartet: Barber, Ives
American quartets receive wonderfully striking and immediate interpretations
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ReviewKaleidoscope Chamber Collective: American Quintets
Outstanding collection of lesser-known chamber works from talented ensemble
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: East Coast Chamber Orchestra
Bruce Hodges enjoys the performance from New York’s Advent Lutheran Church on 1 March 2021
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ReviewJonah Kim: Rachmaninoff, Barber
Apt composer pairing for a Curtis-formed duo makes a satisfying listen
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ReviewConcert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Bruce Hodges attends the Biritsh cellist’s debut recital at Weill Recital Hall on 11 December 2019
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ReviewJohan Dalene: Barber and Tchaikovsky
Likeable debut recording from a promising young violinist
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VideoBarber's Adagio in original version from op.11 Quartet
In this video, the Banff Competition winning Dover Quartet performs the Adagio from Samuel Barber’s String Quartet in B Minor, op.11 – a piece which has gone on to achieve huge popularity in its string orchestra arrangement as the Adagio for Strings.
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NewsYoung violinist Simone Porter replaces injured Cincinnati Symphony concertmaster
The 19-year-old is to perform Barber’s Violin Concerto next week after Timothy Lees was forced to withdraw
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ReviewAmerican Works. Barber: Cello Sonata. Bernstein: Three Meditations from Mass. Carter: Cello Sonata. Crumb: Sonata for Solo Cello. Copland: Waltz and Celebration from Billy the Kid
The Strad Issue: February 2016Description: Crumb and Carter stand out in a recital of cello AmericanaMusicians: Paul Watkins (cello) Huw Watkins (piano)Composer: Barber; Bernstein; Carter; Crumb; CoplandMidtown Manhattan skyscrapers swirling in the city mist: the cover art framing Paul and Huw Watkins’s album of stateside cello and ...
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ReviewFive Decades of Treasured Performances. Works by Barber, Bartók, Beethoven, A. Benjamin, Bloch, Brahms, Brustad, Chausson, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Gershwin, Grieg, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Nín, Paradis,
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: A celebration of an under-sung violinist now in her eightiesMusicians: Camilla Wicks (violin) various artistsComposer: Barber, Bartók, Beethoven, A. Benjamin, Bloch, Brahms, Brustad, Chausson, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Gershwin, Grieg, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Nín, Paradis, Ravel, Sarasate, Scărlătescu, Schubert, Shostakovich, R. Strauss, Tailleferre, Tchaikovsky, ...
