BARBER Adagio for Strings

This beloved work has been used famously in films and public moments of mourning, and Leonard Slatkin led it earlier in 2016 with the DSO.

[@bigjohnf8991]

This was my late wife's favorite piece of music, It has been 34 years, and I miss her so much each and every day! Rest in peace my love!

[@yaricerruti8039]

I felt so sad reading your comment... Hope this beautiful piece of music can ease the pain

[@nan.starjak]

My late husband's, too.

[@NinjaSushi2]

34 years without? :(

[@pierrepietri0697]

Merci beaucoup

[@2012farfar]

I hope you meet again one day

[@lazztunes2010]

One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever composed.

[@EAZYED420]

I always cry when i hear this..and i really dont know why

[@tonimerflag8793]

@@EAZYED420 I also always cry when I hear this adagio, because I remember my closest loved one - my brother, two years younger than I, who died alone in his 30s in a terrible highway accident. I cry in awe of Samuel Barber's genius in conveying that pain and grief with musical notes alone, no words needed. It is a beautiful and perfect piece of music.

[@mattjohnson9962]

Toni Merflag: Sorry for your loss. There's peace on earth.

[@justinator7763]

Ya....reckon you could write a movie bout this song

[@gaildurward7757]

@@tonimerflag8793 God bless you.

[@VinciGlassArt]

It's interesting. As someone who struggles with major depression, the thing is you don't feel anything. Quite the opposite of how depression is misunderstood as sorrow or grief. You don't feel anything but the enormous unimportance of existance and life. An entire universe swolloen with nothing and encircled by very dim horizons. THIS music, including its moments of astounding grace brings me back to life, feeling and green spring after rain. I revisit it now and then just for that.

[@robinpuckgoodfellow8733]

Beautifully put, Matt.

[@oskarostermann4734]

I know what you're talking about. All the best.

[@thomaspaulhughes7081]

I totally understand and agree x

[@alexannetingley7275]

Your comment really resonates so much with me. I feel exactly the same way.

[@peterseavers8026]

All the best, Mat!

[@peacevalleypoultry7053]

My brother died in a plane crash Jan 23, 2009 and the following Good Friday this was on the radio. I will never forget the anguish I felt.

[@nostalgicoescritor]

Te acompaño en el sentimiento por tan trágica pérdida.

[@bevytutte]

Makes me cry every time ,what a wonderful piece of music

[@cathrynwinterfield5780]

We had this played at our wedding (before the movie). It filled us with such emotion, love and prayers for the future. My beloved passed away in my arms a few months ago after 37 yrs of marriage. This will forever be ours.

[@tohokugirl8144]

May his memory be eternal

[@modmod392]

I hope you are coping now some time has passed ❤

[@cathydavedrzewiecki9986]

Condolences to you but well wishes for your wonderful 37 yrs. He will be in your arms again. That is our Lord's promise. Music is God's gift to us...along with many others.

[@nitamillar5700]

Magnificent, awe inspiring and deeply soul moving.

[@JamieKitchens6]

This is my Father's favorite piece, and also mine. He passed away a month ago and this piece always brought both of us to tears. Now just me.

[@haeleth7218]

He is still with you - all around you. Never forget that.

[@jimmyjohnson645]

He loves you and will always be with you . Take comfort in that .

[@lukepeters5683]

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger - something better, pushing right back."

[@stanhawkins1023]

First time my wife heard this was when we walked into a church in Rome. A string orchestra was rehearsing and started playing the Adagio. We stood rapt. The acoustics were incredible. My wife cried like a baby. One of our favorite memories of our marriage.

[@Givingitashot]

Sounds like heaven........ a wonderful moment. I still have faith in humanity!

[@guilhermesavian5445]

lucky guy

[@raydonahue1978]

Boy - Why strange? They had good taste. Good art is universal.

[@davezedman]

Wow! What an experience! 😁 Memories like that are incredibly priceless.

[@sagahun1495]

@Boy Freitag : the beautiful music is independent from the nationality of composer.

[@williammallorykent]

For my angel, Caroline Kent, who died July 14, 2018 at 7:14 a.m. in my arms. Caroline, our love will last forever. Wait for me, I am coming to you.

[@NinjaSushi2]

:( My kitty passed in my arms. I'll forever miss Gidget.

[@brainrussell6811]

Unconditional love is always the hardest to let go of. Blessings to you and Gidget.@@NinjaSushi2

[@brunoderbli02]

I’m truly deeply sorry for your loss...

[@ryszardbaszczak3283]

R.I.P for Her I am sorry for Your lost.It is true LOVE. You must wait on Her.

[@jackiebayliss]

@@NinjaSushi2 😢🙏🏼♥️

[@brucebeattie4851]

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music that has ever been written. I don't know how anyone could hear it and not be struck to their core.

[@marilynmitchell6139]

The performance of Adagio for Strings is nothing short of a sacred event. Holy. The audience rapt and silent. The musicians who work so hard to create this beautiful piece. Barber who poured himself into it. So beautiful in it’s sadness.

[@bronxboy47]

I know this will annoy some people, but this ineffable beauty comes from the heart and soul of a gay man.

[@jeanier12]

@@bronxboy47 who cares?

[@bronxboy47]

@@jeanier12 People denigrated for being gay care. That's who.

[@georgekilarjian4190]

The musicians are inspired Truly by the Almighty...

[@sweetlulu6194]

@@bronxboy47 eff them.

[@gregh7400]

I wonder how a composer can reach deep down in his soul and come up with something like this. Haunting, mournful and beautiful all at the same time.

[@bronxboy47]

Greg H: Could it be from the pain and suffering experienced as a member of a group vehemently despised by so many? Yes, Barber was gay.

[@gregh7400]

@@bronxboy47 You are probably correct. Things don't change much over the years. I have to wonder if he EVER found any personal happiness during his lifetime.

[@MsMaya8888]

So profund, Greg. It really touches the Soul.

[@MsMaya8888]

profound

[@georgekilarjian4190]

It is very easy...all musicians are mere vehicles from the creator...

[@darrellsmith2888]

I like many people first experienced this truly incredible piece of music through the movie Platoon. Here I sit almost 37 years later and the incredible music still brings me to tears everytime I hear it. As a Canadian, we did not experience the horrible tragedy that was the Vietnam War and the terrible toll it played on the American soldiers who had to fight the war and how it tore America apart. I hope this incredible piece of music brings peace to those who suffered through the war both directly and indirectly and that we remember how truly great pieces of art inspire and move us a civilization to all we can be as humans. I am a rocker at heart but classical music has always inspired far different emotions in me and there is no piece of music of any genre that has truly had the ability to move me more than this incredible piece of music. I truly believe if you are not moved by this song and the incredible playing of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, I fear you may have already shuffled off from this mortal coil. To all of you who view and are moved by this incredible piece of music, I wish you all lives full of happiness, joy and love and as I will do, please to my darling wife, when it is time to put my ashes out to sea that this be the piece of music that accompanies my movement into whatever the next life brings.

[@darkrayne2064]

I first heard this a few years ago. I was a delivery driver and had to pull over. I could not stop crying. This tugs hard at my heart strings. The only song to ever make me cry.

[@Wrongway98]

1 year ago when I was 15. I lost my grandmother when covid struck. My family weren't able to attend her own funeral because of quarantine. This piece reminds me of her so much, and how much she is in my heart. I love you grandma, you're my star ❤

[@nirvana5467]

Un anima che ha scelto il sacrificio per l'altro....riposa in pace 🙏 che la sua rinascita in un piano diverso sia ricca di ogni bene, sorridi e gioisci pensando a lei, e lei godrà di questo tuo amore.

[@snail415]

Such a brave and courageous thing to share. You already know far more than you need to about what matters in a lifetime. And if you ever lose your way…return here to this music. You’ll snap right back to where you belong. Best to you, and yours.

[@ralphbauer4298]

It

[@Langdunbed]

I confess, I'd never heard this piece until I saw Platoon in the cinema. The music hit me like a ton of bricks, every hair on my body stood up.30 years later and after countless times listening, it still brings a tear to my eye every time I play it. Utterly brilliant!

[@garyguyton7373]

Me, too. I was ~ 25 then. I enjoyed classical music, but casually. Beethoven and Brahms, mostly, their symphonies and concertos. That's about it. It's near 50 years later for me, and my taste for the classics has broadened, quite a bit. This piece was one of those that sent me off on my quest for more.

[@djsly7523]

house/ trance version is better

[@bernardholdsworth2171]

I had heard it before Platoon but couldn't remember where until i watched again 'The Elephant Man',right at the end when he had finished making the matchstick model of the church next door to the hospital where he was staying.

[@byrdmaniacsg2776]

Me too

[@walmartdog1142]

@@bernardholdsworth2171 This was played several dozen times on TV, in the week following the JFK murder. I asked around, and no-one knew what it was. About twenty-five years later I heard it on Elephant Man and caught it on the credits. I'm now 77. First heard at 16.

[@PaulMiller-mh9nw]

My dad loved this song . When he passed away we played it at his funeral. It's now my favorite song to listen to. Very peaceful . Makes me feel like he's with me . When I close my eye's.

[@christinecatt8039]

It is a tune...not a song.

[@jacquieharris389]

This is Samuel Barber's masterpiece--his exquisitely beautiful, hauntingly stirring work recognized throughout the world. It has been played repeatedly during national times of mourning, e.g., the funerals of FDR and Einstein, after the assassination of JFK, and after 9/11. When I'm feeling particularly sad, I listen to my favorite recording of this Adagio (Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony). Remarkably, after I have my good cry, I do feel better afterward and am reminded once more of Barber's extraordinary talent. I often think to myself, 'How fortunate we are to be able to listen to such breathtakingly stunning music.' Of note, Barber composed this when he was just 26.

[@norbertol.5151]

Who remember "Platoon" movie with this magnificent piece of art!!!

[@gregrock7451]

I assume you're referring to that movie which was Oliver Stone's directorial breakout, and is widely-regarded as both a definitive Vietnam War movie **and** a definitive '80s movie? The one which turned out to be a masterclass in dramatic acting, executed by a cast positively dense with both "A-List" talent (Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker) and journeyman character actors (Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Francesco Quinn, Tony Todd) but didn't know it yet? The same one that accumulated stacks of awards and recognition, and credited with kick-starting an arguably overdue national dialogue on the sociopolitical ramifications of America's deeply troubled/flawed foray into Southeast Asia.... ...and which I invariably think of each and **every single time** I hear "Adagio For Strings" (or as I called it prior to learning it's real name: "that Platoon song,") because it book-ends the movie so perfectly you'd think it was composed specifically for it? Yeah, I remember that. ;-) I also remember seeing it in the interim between the day I formally enlisted in the Marine Corps, and the day I left for Parris Island.

[@frenchandaluz]

Un film qui m'a fait pleuré avec se chef d'oeuvre comme musique de fond restera en moi pour toujours !

[@emmanuelmaterne5021]

@@frenchandaluz George Delerue AdorE Barber, entre autre. Platoon est de ses meilleurs scores Hollywoodien. Si tu aime regarde aussi ses compositions pour Truffaut et Godard.

[@edwardscott9917]

Yes. until I again saw "Platoon" recently, for the first time in probably nearly 20 years, I did not realize "Adagio for Strings" was in the soundtrack. (Rather, at that time, I was not familiar with the piece.)

[@itcore]

Kevin n Perry go large is here

[@user-mh2cc4jf3f]

An endless, enlightened-mournful melody. The great Requiem of the 20th century. Samuel Barber managed to write something that belongs to eternity

[@hwh1946]

There are some wonderful videos with a cappella chorus, "Agnus Dei," with one mesmerizing from the Vlaams Radio Koor in Brussels. I do eternity with this composition, vocal or string.

[@01dax]

@@hwh1946 Thanks for bringing up this gem. All the best to you.

[@kendonn6293]

Nail on the head. Has a beautiful sadness to it

[@ArnaudSibille]

@Svetlana Abramova That is until we utterly destroy it as we've been doing quite regularly on the Earth for a few millenia. Eternity is a concept for children. :/

[@davelee8961]

Well said! A piece which somehow manages to encapsulate all of the tragedies of the past century, and yet gives ultimate hope.

[@mario9133]

Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings is possibly the most beautiful melody ever written. It touches me like no other melody I have ever heard. I feel my soul levitating, lifting up, floating above the petty, mundane and inconsequential things in life. I surrender my mind, my spirit my soul. I focus on the Eternal every time I listen to it. This melody, I believe, is the result of a true moment of Divine Inspiration.

[@cameronpage2878]

Perfect words 🙏🏼

[@johnnydelap4490]

Agreed whole heartedly

[@bernardholdsworth2171]

I think Hans Zimmer is trying to 'copy' this,but sorry he's not a patch on Barber.

[@nostalgicoescritor]

Me he preguntado en alguna ocasión que llevó a Samuel Barber a componer esta melodía delicada, triste y de una inmensa belleza. Parece inspirada por algo espiritual, mágico.

[@MikeSmith-eb2jm]

The movie Platoon was my first exposure to this extraordinary work, it also took me back to Viet Nam and strangely reminded me of the mood swings following a major firefight. It was a time to reflect on what happened. It was horror beyond anything I could ever have imagined. The noise, the screams, the sounds of battle have left me but the memories will always be there. This beautiful piece of music takes all those horrible moments away and soothes my soul. It's like as a child you have a nightmare and your Mom comes in and stroke your head telling you not to worry it was just a bad dream. Then it is alright and you go back to sleep. I've asked that this be played at my funeral.

[@JayNShelley]

My late father served in Vietnam with the USAF. I associate this music with him bc of the movie “ Platoon.” 23 years after his passing and every single time I hear this it makes me emotional. Just typing this with it playing in the background is enough. I don’t think I’ll ever get over loosing my father at a young age and can only hope that I live long enough for my daughters to grow up and have their own lives and for me to see them grow. This music forever connects me to him it comforts me and I feel him when I hear it.

[@catherinelynch4194]

I grew up listening to opera and classical music thanks to my dear father. This music gets into your soul. You can almost taste it. So emotional. Rest in peace dad, thank you for the music. ❤

[@mattjohnson9962]

Catherine Lynch: Your father is always wonderful.

[@TerryJ42]

My "spirit" leaves my body and hovers just above me when I "taste" pieces like this. Moving.

[@-Deena.]

No matter how many times I hear this piece I cry. It connects to my soul in an overpowering way from the first 16 bars.

[@-Deena.]

@@msdsecretary8702 ..not wrong there! 100% emo screwed. 🙃

[@-Deena.]

@@msdsecretary8702 I think your baby is crying? I can hear it..

[@-Deena.]

@@msdsecretary8702 ...are you 12 years old? You sound like it? Isn't that too young to have a baby?...well actually probably normal in your family. Bye bye!

[@timothysmith35]

There’s no other piece of music that so vividly scores my victories and defeats in life … a true push/pull of emotions that haunt and elate at the same time🥹

[@Kaitlin_yt]

We took our best friend on her final journey to this song. Such an emotive piece ❤️

[@saturn2055]

One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written 😢🙏👏

[@garyfindlay5503]

I love this piece and the way the conductor feels every note.

[@mazhiggs3552]

Had this played at my dad's funeral in 2018. Absolutely love this and when I visit him I play it so makes me feel closer to him. Lovr you Dad

[@tohokugirl8144]

May his memory be eternal.

[@mazhiggs3552]

@@tohokugirl8144 it is. Thank you

[@homeofcreation]

How can anyone play this without sobbing their eyes out? This is the most touching piece of music ever written. Especially coming from Detroit where everything is falling apart.

[@corgicottage8578]

Well, it's falling part even more now. Unbelievable.

[@saradavies27]

This reminds me of the sadness inside a truly beautiful person that I know who unfortunately failed to see their own internal and external beauty. It is haunting and beautiful, filled with deep pain. It has to be the best piece ever composed.

[@darrenfee306]

Sara, listen to Vide Cor Meum.... I think you will love it

[@snail415]

I couldn’t agree with you more.

[@mariajoaomagnoprim2452]

I wouldn'd say better💔

[@danabogue1804]

PLEASE let us NEVER LOSE CLASSICAL MUSIC Granted writing the score for such masterpieces is extremely difficult, but the reward is shear HEAVEN! Thank ALL of you ARTISTS for keeping this ALIVE!

[@toniamo1760]

For days this adagio has been playing daily at Puerta del Sol in Madrid. It is a tribute to the thousands of people killed by the Covid19. Hopefully the peace that this adagio transmits will comfort all loved ones of the deseased.

[@izquemia]

:(

[@ThePreachingOfHisWord]

🙏🙌❤😔

[@TheViolentTeddy]

:(

[@pedrojoung8299]

Seems like a good goal

[@kf8295]

Yeah, the song has nothing to do with Covid 19. Nice try though.

[@paolomassini4262]

My mother played this fabulous music with her violin......and i continue to listen It in her memory.

[@allanbanks4062]

I've lived a shitty life, abused, neglected, beaten every day. Mom was an Alcoholic and dad was in prison. Many Boarding homes, Many times, I put the rope around my neck. This piece brought me back. This 2019 struggle is so real, I'll keep fighting, for what it's worth. Many days-I really am ready to give up......

[@detroitsymphony]

We're sorry to hear about your struggles, and hope you find the support and help you need. Thanks for listening to our music; we are happy to share and help you on your way.

[@brainrussell6811]

You're not alone, Allan. And despite every abuse that you've had to endure and overcome, here you remain... an earnest, introspective being... a light still flickering in such times of darkness. You are not alone, my friend. You/we/others are a testament to a Universal spirit that defies circumstances, challenges, heartache... deep inside is knowing, perhaps unconscious, but a knowing nonetheless that our existence is greater than just this life, and that peace and meaning to our struggles will one come to us, in this life or beyond. Find one thing to be grateful for each day and write it down. Godspeed, my friend.

[@mjs9658]

Don't give up....listen to Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata first movement for piano.

[@paulbonerko]

Malcolm Shaw whoa we are one in the same. just listened to that before this.

[@allanbanks4062]

@@brainrussell6811 I'm still am here....I appreciate your words, Thank you so much....

[@shaundeverson1451]

For me, in eight minutes this piece sums up every human tragedy and sadness since our evolution. War, death, disease, greed and destruction.

[@lauraisaacson879]

And enlightenment, imo

[@AKenny882]

Shaun Deverson yesssssssssss

[@nottherealone6983]

And, yet, we managed to come up with this masterpiece...

[@Fuerwahrhalunke]

War and death are human and they are part of our lifes. Currently you can see what happens when there is no more war and less deaths. Overpopulation is the result of peaceful times. Even if we are emotionally stable because of peace, you need war and death to stabilize the population in order to control the social disaster that will rain down upon us one day if we continue this current path.

[@philippegonen5132]

And ignorance

[@MOGGS1942]

Samuel Barber deftly pulling all our " strings ". Such a monumental piece of music. So much emotion packed into so few minutes.

[@missmlb3842]

I get chills everytime I hear this piece. You all played beautifully. I cannot wait until concert halls open up again. To hear a piece like this.

[@samvaillancourtmusic]

Michelle Brazil same here.... you should check out the 2nd movement of Rachmaninoff's piano concerto no. 2. That one gives me chills as well

[@steventyers125]

I put this on, a couple minutes later my 3 year old son told me he loved me and started to cry. Amazing piece of music.

[@leonwp60]

Steven Tyers You know what - i bet he does. I lost my dad and my grandad on the same day shortly after my 4th birthday. 53 years later i still miss them every day. Blessings.

[@steventyers125]

Im sorry to hear that. All the best to you Leon.

[@leonwp60]

Steven Tyers Blessings.

[@mkna8633]

He must be what we call an 'old-soul'.

[@amydunne25]

Steven Tyers AWW!! How cute!!

[@leonwp60]

A wonderful friend of mine had this played at the funeral of her little son Joshua, he fell asleep and died quietly in her arms aged 2, without warning. It absolutely rips the tears from me in seconds. Blessings little Joshua.

[@curadhan]

What?? Oh my Lord. HOW did thst happen??

[@Rhanileinlovesjazz]

🖤😢

[@anonumosGirl]

@@curadhan I'm guessing suddenly infant death syndrome.

[@estherliamvelazquez9157]

i am so sorry little joshua died..but dont forget, his with god...may my prayers ease the pain of this loss. godbless you.

[@mattjohnson9962]

This is not good. Loos of someone's son at an early age due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

This piece takes my breath away every time I hear it. Words can't describe the transcendence when I listen to it.

[@salzadancing1]

So melancholy...breaks ones heart..music goes on and on making one cry for the lost ones...for the bygone days...for everything one couldn't achieve in life...ultimately the soul finds peace! Beautiful piece of music!

[@nk-do8uf]

In memory of my Grandfather (Ndandy) who passed away 💔 on 15th July 2020 You will forever be in my heart 💓.

[@dreisigbene]

I'm so sorry for your loss

[@CatWoman-vq4gs]

I'm so sorry. My your grandad rest in peace

[@nk-do8uf]

Thank you 🙏

[@nancyallen5725]

I was looking for music to express our collective grief...here it is.

[@Robhamilton197357]

I don't know what you're going through but I have tears streaming down my face. My heart goes out to you, what ever your pain is.

[@markmurray5816]

Its took me 59 years to appreciate the classics I love soul dance reggae and even punk I loved the sex pistols but here and now classical music bring me to tears as no other music has all my life x

[@corgicottage8578]

How wonderful! I hope your friends start listening to classical, too. How great your story is!

[@stephenpoyser1194]

Fitting music for all the pain and suffering to come......please god help us !!

[@THEGEEBOLIPS]

This Adagio is a sad, peaceful and heartbreaking tune. The most beautiful sound I've ever heard. I need this in my life.

[@a.s.8440]

For me it doesn't sound sad but heavenly and indescribable beautyful 💕🌞

[@sapphire962]

5:12-5:56 always makes me cry. The rising tension in this section has so much despair overflowing that it feels as if a breakdown of the soul is imminent

[@patrobas9291]

Yes, I am a Viet Nam vet and I have seen "Platoon" many times. Of course this effects intense emotions!

[@HighNoon23]

This shows the human condition. Unparralled. The most human song I've ever heard. Encapsalates what it means to be a human, perfectly. Thank you Samuel Barber!

[@v.h.w.2580]

🙌

[@bronxboy47]

Frank: Being gay is part of the human condition. Barber was gay, although no one seems to want to mention it in these comments.

[@Mr-th9vh]

Playing this full blast, my neighbour smashed my window to get a better listen.

[@connorkelly239]

Detroit sympathy orchestra

[@connorkelly239]

That will teach you to get double glazing

[@snail415]

Let’s just hope Robocop felt the same. 😂 Great comment!

[@richardwalker9826]

barber was of my fathers generation, but his adagio will still be played and interpreted and admired and enjoyed and loved long after my generation has come and gone

[@IanDunlop-wt5ny]

Heard this in a film once and found it mindblowing, for someone who suffers from loneliness......

[@friedemankuhn115]

Gets me to tears every time. Deep into heart.

[@Marine6869IDiv]

I hear the cries of 58,000 young warriors that never had an opportunity to marry, walk their daughter down the aisle, to hold their first child, I did, I'm a survivor. There isn't a day that goes by I don't think of the War I survived, the men I knew and experiences I'll never forget. This is their music for us to remember.

[@user-ok8yq6nc6x]

Very well said. And thank you for your service.

[@kentishtowncomputer]

i hear the cry of millions of innocent people all around the world being massacred by USA

[@navymiguelito]

I hear the cry of one whiny bitch blaming the US for the world's problems.

[@justojust]

Akisha Soyadi you just had to didn't you.

[@neil6477]

I hear the power of human creativity and the beauty that we are all a part of. Wonderful.

[@janetleefyffe3727]

The first time I heard this song, the hair on my body stood straight up and I was frozen in my steps. Such beauty deserves honor. This piece turned me toward classical music, and I have managed to find some lovely, lovely pieces. But none compare to this masterpiece.

[@annakimborahpa]

How about: The second movement Adagio from Anton Bruckner's 7th Symphony and the third movement Adagio from his 8th? The fourth movement Adagio from Gustav Mahler's 9th Symphony, as well as the Adagio Finale from his 3rd, the Adagietto from his 5th and the Andante from his 6th? The third movement Romanza from Ralph Vaughan William's 5th Symphony? The entire Third Symphony of Henryk Gorecki?

[@lorei2004]

I just sat there...in awe!!!

[@DAVEDIKIAN]

@@annakimborahpa Add the 3rd movement of Rachmaninov's 2d symphony (as played by Svetlanov)

[@oleflogger6828]

@@annakimborahpa Add the Ruhevolle from Mahler's 4th (3rd Movement)!

[@jamesmathu5227]

The first time I heard it was on clip on the 911 world trade center jumpers.I was mesmerized.Looked high and low for it till I got the orchestra playing it.

[@elaineteut9579]

I saw this movie with my husband and son. My son was in college and we went to see this before he headed back from break. My tears ran when this music played for all those poor men who died there. I thought if my son had been born earlier, it could have been him. My husbands cousin was killed there. They were carrying wounded to a helicopter and he was shot in the back, his second tour.

[@maggieking6619]

My mom taught me a love of Classical, and I trained as a Classical pianist. And this is the genre I return to when the melancholy strikes and I need to be reminded of the aching joy of being alive, each second is a transitory and exquisite gift, if you will open up to it. Thanks Mom, as I approached our home 60 years ago getting off the school bus, I'd hear our stereo cranked up with Rachmaninoff or Beethoven or Broadway....miss you.

[@dr.jeffkoloze5662]

And in times of private mourning, as now when our family mourns the loss of a granddaughter who died after four months in the womb. We miss and love you, baby Margaret.

[@heatherlythe9247]

I first heard Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings whilst watching the film The Elephant Man and wept it moved me so much. Such a deeply emotional piece.

[@sherryrobinson7389]

Tell me! What a movie!

[@lorraine5506]

I adore this peice of music, they played it on Radio 2 just before the 2 minute silence today, how apt.

[@alexsimanis]

Yojo, you will be dearly missed.

[@nathanmartineau4913]

This piece changed my teachers life made her become the great violinist and teacher that she is today. I’ve heard this piece but never paid it any attention as I prefer upbeat jumpy. After she had explained to me how it so profoundly changed her life I started listening, been listening for days now on repeat. I understand.

[@MJCGuitar]

Beyond this earth.

[@mag-wp6yt]

MarkGTR. Of this earth.

[@borisbaddenoff9505]

MarkGTR - So beautiful. Everytime i hear this the movie platoon pops into my head as it was played when William Dafoe was was being chansed out of the jungle. A song and scene i will never forget.

[@senojah]

A prayer for Peace.

[@gwhizz2588]

Hauntingly beautiful piece of music

[@sagahun1495]

@@gwhizz2588. the MAGIC of the Earth...

[@jamesb.9155]

One of the World's treasures of musical heritage.

[@marcelleray9545]

It's going to heaven music. Love it.

[@davedeslauriers2889]

The most beautiful Adagio I have ever heard. Thank you Samuel Barber for such touching music

[@celinelubelski]

Stunning. Makes me cry everytime. God bless you all for sharing your talent

[@petergoodman1716]

This magnificent piece of music brings tears to the eye of all of us who are human. Surely God was at work when Barber composed this piece!!

[@monicamorilla2851]

I totally agree with you 👍

[@anthonyrobillard2304]

Brings me to tears every time.

[@rainerkroll3128]

Dedicate this song which wasn´t from earth to my passed girlfriend, may she live in eternal peace

[@chrisclucas5911]

this music I always think of the ascension of Christ.

[@mattjohnson9962]

Rainer Kroll: Sorry for loss. There's always hope. Peace on earth.

[@lisalaughter1416]

years ago...when I was a single parent....living in an old broken down trailer out in the woods of south Georgia [USA] I used to blast this out in the woods every so often ....I was broke and barely making ends meet.... I felt like every time I played this that Jehovah would hear my sadness....it is my favorite piece of music as well....Lisa

[@declanoshaughnessy5792]

God bless you Lisa .........

[@SonOfLancereto68]

It is a comfort to know that your situational poverty did not prevent you from appreciating this beautiful piece of music. And that you occasionally shared it with the wild creatures living around your modest home in the wilds of southern Georgia is an added bonus. Hope you are doing much better these days.

[@desireedasilva2750]

Wow, you can tell a story girl. I SAW you after reading this.

[@mechanicman72]

I hope, Lisa, that circumstances are much better for you now. Bless you and doesn't it help to know that music can help sustain us, even in the darkest times? Obviously you have many friends on here, including me.

[@stephboond2400]

This music is so so so sad 😭😭😭😢 💔 my daughter was found deceased by the Police at Christmas and I came across this music wow started crying 😭😭😢 💔 miss you love you Caroline ❤️ love mum.xxx

[@justdev8965]

Oooh my!! I am so sorry for your loss 🙏

[@stephboond2400]

@@justdev8965 Thank you.

[@justdev8965]

@@stephboond2400 💕🤜🤛💪💕

[@mattjohnson9962]

Steph boond: Sorry for your loss.

[@FelixFallerDown]

Sorry for your loss.

[@carlosespinoza3364]

This is the most beautiful music I've heard in a while

[@mk_scorpion_]

I first heard this piece of music when I was 14, since then for every day I have listen to it, I am now 39. This music is by far thee most amazing, wonderful and peaceful piece of music I have ever heard and will ever hear in my life. I absolutely love this with all of my heart. I don't have anyone in my life to dedicate it too but whomever is feeling low and/or down then please listen to this, listen to the music.....the sounds and you'll see and feel how amazing it is and i'm sure you'll smile inside and out.

[@sbeheed192]

This might be the best thing my ears have ever heard

[@PMA65537]

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[@ppb4037]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmSvhH5tfd2UY6s I think in Semana Santa we have so much that is at the same level 🤔

[@triplex86]

When Samuel Barber sat down one morning in 1936 and wrote this, I wonder whether he felt the hand of God on his shoulder. It is sublime to an extent that is hard to describe and the only piece of music that moves me to tears every time I hear it.

[@crcanassr]

Samuel Barber's adagio makes me always stop and just relax and think. Something we need to do, specially in these days so fraught with sorrow.

[@mikeemmert8383]

This is one of my favorite pieces of music. It tugs at my soul; it speaks to my very being. I am an organist/keyboardist. I was the organist for my grandmother’s funeral. This is one of the things I played on the pipe organ for her service.

[@ondineclaudel]

I dedicate this moving adagio to my mother in law who died recently , she was an admirable lady, Peace to her soul O Lord . Amen

[@MsTabasoum]

Ondine Claudel Amen

[@damekairsoft7009]

Ameno

[@damekairsoft7009]

Niech spoczywa w spokoju

[@stefanocavigiolo5659]

Grazie

[@alexfloridarican9534]

Wonderful Choice....

[@MichelMavros]

Quelle grâce a touché ce compositeur pour produire une telle oeuvre ? merveilleux , sublime

[@bradw.1945]

An absolute masterpiece. Not many pieces in all of music history move me as this piece does.

[@YasminOakOfficial]

When the heart cries, that's the sound we can listen..

[@ToledoWingNut]

Yasmin de Carvalho Perfectly expressed.

[@odst_0054]

This turns at the screaming soul of every man and woman who faces battle. It is desperately speaking to my beloved loved one while my heart cries infinitely. It expresses my inner belonging. It makes me believe in my grandfather's soul. When my soul cried, that's the sound I listened. We should all listen to this and cry. 0:00-8:50 moved me to remembering the battles of my heart's soul.

[@mugiwarafishing588]

Kakashi VS Obito theme song make me came to here..

[@joshuasteely5514]

But isn't that gay?!?!

[@brunoderbli02]

Yes yes yes!! That’s it!

[@johnnydelap4490]

One can not help but think of the Movie Platoon. How perfect this song was for that film. God Bless all of you who went and came back to a changed America, I am so sorry the Veterans from Vietnam were treated so horrible when they came home from the Jungles of Southeast Asia. May your minds find tranquility and know that you are appreciated... Thank you for your service.

[@gilbasaurus]

RIP Bigg'Un. We knew you as Yojo but you'll always be in our hearts. He always loved nature and this song.

[@christopherflemister8424]

This soulful music helps me to reflect on the mystery of Gods love.

[@tommylewander9977]

Tears running everytme I listen to this piece of music

[@rolandoalves2303]

Me too

[@liamderosa2157]

@@rolandoalves2303 same

[@payres48]

This and Nimrod do it to me every time.

[@deb4325]

Life stops for a minute when I listen to this. Truly touches the soul ❤

[@littlegir123]

Today marks the first day I ever heard this song, and while I thought it expressed sadness my significant other believed it expressed hopefulness and a new beginning. Nonetheless no matter how you perceive this piece, we can agree that it's full of emotion and beauty

[@charliewillbourn5061]

As I type this message streams of sorrowful tears bounce off my laptop keyboard. The beauty of this piece has made me blind with tears. Beautiful. Beautiful Beautiful. Yours, Charlie.

[@mickstringy]

Fantastic. The best way to spend 9 minutes

[@marinlesage4898]

How does something that simple can so majestically encompasses what it can feel to be human at times ?

[@colerogers1]

The Phrygian mode that’s how 😍

[@godot789]

mum I love you so much ,I did everything I could ,words cannot say ,put on your lippy ,and rest in peace, I love you so much and will never forget you Al xx

[@NickyLunaLove]

I am so so sorry, know that it’s not your fault and she is still with you in your heart, I hope the piece brings you peace

[@rogerdier6813]

A lovely piece of music...a perfect, flawless gem. When president roosevelt died in 1945 this was the elegy they played nationwide on the radio.

[@milesdavid9536]

A truly 'magnificent' performance by a group of superb musicians. It's 2:00am in the morning and I am thoroughly enjoying Barber's superb composition. This work is beautifully structured and the melodic and harmonic content is pure joy for the ear to behold. I can listen to this work over and over again and never tire of it's wonder and grace. It speaks to the finer qualities of humanity in this time when we have individuals in our country that represent the opposite of excellence. Truly, this work excels in all aspects of brilliance.

[@pablogaviria9265]

Total Respect to ALL of the Heroes who fought in the Vietnam War !

[@carlospena98]

A man who fights to kill another for money is not a hero

[@PaulScholtes1980]

@@carlospena98 Come on, man. How can you be so cold? Most of them did'nt even want to go but they were ordered to do so and if they refused, they were gonna get court-martialled.

[@carlospena98]

@@PaulScholtes1980 muhammed ali got in jail for refusing the draft, thats what true bravery is, if anything he would be the actual hero

[@PaulScholtes1980]

​@@carlospena98 Well you see? there you have it... Now u practically said it yourself: They refused, they get court martialled. But i really don't think you should blame the lower ranking soldiers like Privates, Private First Class, Corporals, etc as it was'nt their decission. They were ordered to so they pretty much had no choice. In other words: it was either "Fight" or "Court Martial"

[@carlospena98]

@@PaulScholtes1980 then they did have a choice, theys simply chose the cowards way and went to kill people who were fighting for their independence overseas, truly the most vile people these ¨privates, privates first class, etc¨

[@mosescordovero8163]

i am not sure which is more beautiful, this astonishingly gorgeous piece of immortal music, or the sensitive, heartwarming, deeply soul-felt comments i am reading here in the comments section. i have to say that these are the kinds of things that remind me that there may be hope for humanity after all

[@desireedasilva2750]

[@allisondavis1010]

❤️

[@robf5839]

Never get tired of this... amazing!! The musicians fantastic 👏 👌