All Barber articles
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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, ...
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ArticleBerlin Philharmonic performs Barber's Adagio for Strings
The Berlin Philharmonic performs Barber's Adagio for Strings conductor by Gustavo Dudamel.Read about the orchestra's famous string sound in The Strad's April 2015 issue, out now.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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NewsVideo: musicians gather in London’s Trafalgar Square to pay tribute to Charlie Hebdo victims
The performance of Barber’s Adagio for Strings featured 150 players
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ReviewBarber: Cello Sonata op.6. Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor op.19. Piazzolla: Le grand tango
The Strad Issue: November 2014Description: Inflexibility lets down performances of three highly charged cello works Musicians: Adolfo Gutiérrez (cello) Luis Fernando Pérez (piano)Composer: Barber, Rachmaninoff, PiazzollaCatalogue Number: Verso VRS 2010United by a loosely based notion of Romanticism as an elevation of expressiveness, these three works nevertheless present quite ...