CHROMALUME I: Adagio for Strings and Singers (Samuel Barber)

[@marios7761]

This song played on my wife funeral. She died at age of 40 after our 18 years together 3 years ago. Every time i hear this I cry as a baby. If she can see me from above... I love you my sweet! You were everything to me.

[@darrin2382]

[@trishhamlett]

❤❤

[@jamesfoote1966]

Music will do that my brother, I was 39 year when my wonderful wife died that was March 2006, So much has happened to me but it fells like it was only yesterday. You never ever forget, I am crying right now, silly sod. You be kind to yourself and remember moving forward is not a wrong it is life and you need to live it however hard that may be James

[@marios7761]

@@jamesfoote1966 thank you for your kind words. Still every day I think about her.

[@BrianPowell-l1c]

Bless you When they lay my bones to rest this would bring a smile to my face

[@charlessomerset9754]

Samuel Barber's Adagio for strings is in my opinion the most poignant and beautiful string piece ever composed. How it can be filled with so much pathos and hope at the same time is amazing. This is a wonderful version.

[@jamesr4464]

This is how the angels will welcome me into heaven when I die.

[@АннаВасиленко-х5ф]

И я так подумала

[@debfohringer3762]

The first time I heard this I was completing an assignment from a high school music teacher. She asked that we attend a concert and write a paper about the experience While my compatriots went to rock shows, I went to hear our local symphony. If I could only hear one piece of music for the rest of my life, this would be it. I sat in the audience crying - it's soooo sad and yet somehow very beautiful. Thank you Mrs. C!

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

It's not often art can bring us to tears just through its beauty, but it's certainly magical when it does... 🥹 My first experience of that was, oddly enough, when the blackhole _Gargantua_ was shown, in the movie "Interstellar". Probably because I had seen a Science Channel docu that detailed the making of it, and how they had real astrophysicists run massive simulations to come up with how it should look in real life... It was the most accurate simulation we had performed, and that's what we see in the movie! (those very scientists published a paper on it, there was that much genuine science involved) And when we finally managed to image a real blackhole, _Messier 87_ (M87), it showed all those hallmarks! 😀 _(albeit at infinitely lower resolution)_ Then, once again, when _Sagittarius A*_ (center of the Milky Way) was imaged. But yea, Adagio also does, as it is a beauty for the ears! Especially with those voicalists ♥️ Tiësto's EDM version of it is also amazing. It likely won't move you to tears, but it *will* likely move your _body!_ 🕺🏼💃🏼 😅

[@charlielamb2314]

Simply stunning. Brings tears to my eyes. Please can humanity get a grip and stop making war. Make love and live in peace ❤

[@mariwolf538]

Charlie... if only your idea could spread like Covid. I'm with you. Make love, peace, art, Not war. ❤

[@charlielamb2314]

​@@mariwolf538that's the best most intelligent idea I've heard since the discovery of dna

[@mariwolf538]

Charlie... good use of a virus, huh? I watched "Platoon" right after our comments. Tears and chills all the way thru. The message never gets old. DNA: Do Not 'arm... or, Do No Ammo. Peace, my friend...

[@mariwolf538]

✌️🤍

[@charlielamb2314]

@@mariwolf538 it's nice to know there are sympathetic souls with the decent genome. And a little intelligence

[@SeanTobin-i3t]

Was taken to see river dance in my hometown of London by my then girlfriend ,now my wife of 32 yrs. When this guy came on stage and played this. I just broke down in tears. Was embarrassed to say the least but it touched something inside me 💪

[@andydennis3005]

Seriously, you can not listen to this piece and feel tears……. If you don’t, then you are truly not alive. ❤

[@SandralimaOliveira-ch7gs]

I feel calm

[@kevinlonergan398]

Platoon uses this piece to perfection. I don’t think there is a movie scene as powerful as that one due to this. They both make each other slightly better.

[@coonarick]

Absolutely one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've heard , and that says a lot , I'm now 75 !

[@hayleyparker2702]

I agree it's so amazing

[@TOPDadAlpha]

I was a young man during President Kennedys funeral in 1963....this incredible piece of music was constantly played on our local TV station. I still go back to that tragedy when I hear this music. It was only with orchestra back then.

[@stevetillcock7361]

This will forever be an anthem for the lost. Samuel Barber was a gifted composer.

[@benbhoy9]

When I hear this …. I think of all my loved ones who are now in a better place….maybe, one day, I too I might reach there …..

[@randlewilliams8288]

The perfect music to die too. As you slip from this world to the next, I can’t imagine a piece more calming and fitting. As with all Samuel Barbers music he has a great understanding of the Holy spirit

[@brianwade879]

Wow. Great comment. I could imagine that ending, experience.

[@Emily-yv1qu]

Yup

[@CB-uc5yz]

PLATOON!!!!!!!!!!!!❤️Oliver Stone NAILED IT I enlisted in May 69, Armor Crewman. (Sheridan) Eventually put my packet in for Warrant Officer Academy and Flight School retired in 1997. I was recalled back on Active Duty in 2007 x 3 years because the 1st Cav had a critical shortage of Senior Warrant Officers and Blackhawk Drivers to deploy to Iraq ( Taji, what a dump!!!. Sad to say it was a hard 3 years!!! I didn’t even recognize the Army. I turned 60 in 2010 flying in a Combat Zone with young soldiers and had hard time fitting in. The 80’s was a great time though.

[@charleslowery789]

Thank you for your service to our country..from a USAF Pararescue Specialist 1970-1975 Vietnam.

[@EK0706]

Platoon, one of the best movies ever. Saw it three times in the cinema. The scene with this world piece of music .... ❤

[@RichardBlazek-q8r]

It’s very hard to explain/describe the emotion that this piece brings to my psyche. I feel as if I’m in the presence of God. The thought of that brings joy and the overwhelming realization of the isolated beauty of this world. Pure genius.

[@Didda3]

This adagio has and will always haunt me till the day I die. Never has a piece of music and a film, married, the way platoon and Barber's Adagio does. Beautiful, hypnotic, sad, majestical and heavenly. This music flows perfectly.

[@cloud-cr5gs]

Jusqu'au jour de ta mort ? Donc tu écris en étant décédé ?🤔.

[@johndomingos3650]

And the Elephant man

[@KenMac-ui2vb]

Great way to put that. This is a haunting piece of music, truly. This is my favorite rendition (and look how young...!) ---> kzbin.info/www/bejne/poDWiIh3bMh-a5Isi=bfcr9KiiGZGtzljZ

[@shirlibrooks3410]

My all time favourite piece of music, whether it's classical or dance! This is the music I want at my funeral ❤️🖤

[@paulwaring3871]

This Composition is an absolute Masterpiece and is full of Melancholy

[@destroyerR6]

If you mean Adagio by Samuel, well yes. But the best performance of it is this one (startin' 2:50) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnnMn2upmpeBmrM&ab_channel=SecantCubed

[@lornemcneil]

And strength wisdom and us all

[@lennon1331]

Heavenly Music, Which I Dedicate To All Whom I Have Loved And Lost, Now In Heaven.😞😓💔😓😞

[@amandapurdy2086]

❤beautiful beyond measure

[@NunoOsswald]

This music is not to make us cry, but to elevate our souls.

[@jean-mariemartin7359]

Merveilleux il n’y a pas de mots pour décrire une telle beauté qui nous fait rêver et aussi penser à notre propre mort par le calme et l’ abandon de son âme à l’éternité .. Barber est génie comme Bach ,Mozart et d’autres qui nous transportent .L’humanité si cruelle engendre aussi des géniesqui nous réconcilient avec nos semblables .

[@rezaamini6643]

This piece of music gives me a strange sadness. This is pure art and it makes me cry

[@MashaViktoriya]

Божественная произведение❤ всю душу перевернуло😢

[@Lajamano06]

Adagio for string: voila une musique, qui inspire tellement de choses et qui éveille tant de sentiments. A 56 ans, je ne me lasse pas de l'écouter et ai toujours autant d'émotions, qui me montent.... Vraiment un chef-d'oeuvre. Merci pour ce moment.

[@wcooman1694]

I dropped by with the intention of listening for no more than a couple of minutes. I stayed. Melancholy, especially knowing the movie origins, yet hauntingly beautiful. Thank you.

[@maxxkarma]

Which movie would that be?

[@robertmorris5055]

Platoon

[@k9hays]

Omg same here 😂

[@timkanaley7510]

brings to tears every time I listen to this so grateful for this fantastic piece thank you Mr. Barber

[@sebastianz.6026]

Stunning! As a writer writing a drama about losing someone, this gives my poor heart a much needed pause to swim back to the surface and catch a breath in a sea of despair and solitude. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@charlesdrury9712]

Before my wife died I told her sing a beautiful song in your heart and when you get old and forget the words I will sing them to you

[@antonioruizsomoza]

❤

[@gjames7798]

When mere words put together in the right way convey so much; just like music.

[@agustinpak-hb9ei]

Platoon,Oliver Stone,Viet Nam war....

[@taraktango2927]

God bless her soul

[@EthanShaw525]

Brought me to tears, God bless you both

[@hideralmosawi1606]

This is the most melancholic and sorrowful music I've ever heard in my life 😢😢😢

[@H.Molina1908]

The best composition by Barber.... Part of my life since ever....🌟🌟🌟

[@John-hf1ig]

Beautiful and very well put together, the music always reminds me of the ending scene of The Elephant Man. A very sad ending and very moving.

[@CB-uc5yz]

Amazing score, sad yet full of so much meaning, Nam all rolled up in an orchestral masterpiece

[@ZofiaSawiuk]

Utwór tak głęboki, tak przejmujący że aż ściska serce

[@johnjarecki4694]

Makes my heart weep!

[@NathalieJunod-n8l]

Cette musique me touche au plus profond de mon âme et elle me permet de sortir mes larmes que je n'arrive pas á sortir autremement. En tout cas merci et continué sur ce chemin. Nathalie la Suisesse❤😂

[@Helen-dh7pq]

SPECTACULAR AMEN THANK YOU FOR SHARING 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

[@bettinatrommer3832]

Wonderful music....so deep!! Love Samuel Barber...for this music🤗🤗🤗

[@ericludlow7332]

Love this piece of music, this is a beautiful version to my ears

[@brigittesimon7028]

Absolutely Wonderful , I close my eyes and.... the magic is there. Thank You

[@BARon2192]

So sorrowful but so beautiful and hopeful!

[@luziaoliveira8312]

É uma viagem maravilhosa! Harmonia com a vida e conexão com todo o universo! A masterpiece! Tão inspiradora, a ser um melhor humano!

[@samuelantoniobarahonadelaf5708]

Hermoso 😢❤ Celestial, gracias

[@davidjacobs610]

Absolutely beautiful ❤

[@ИринаВаганова-ь5т]

Это ШЕДЕВР!!! Произведение на века!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Claudia-q1z7b]

❤❤❤ Wonderfull, Music of the Angels ❤❤❤❤

[@Antonio-dw2bu]

Hermoso adagio lo escuché por primera vez en la excelente y trágica película ."Pelotón",Cuando cae muerto el soldado Elías arrodillado y con los brazos abiertos .Con el gran actor Williams Dafoe.( Siempre la guerra será un infierno.).

[@PaulHill-h7z]

Beautiful piece of music

[@charliepattison5768]

I’m sure that there is some part of everyone’s life,,that this music will resonate…for me,,parting with someone I truly loved…😢

[@Anna63Bel]

😥

[@jesuispalestinien9108]

It's sad BUT it's for the best do NOT look back 😑

[@charlesdolphinboy]

thank you samuel * you see us, you feel us, you hear us all * travel safe between da realms 🙏🕯🏵✨️🌌

[@alexdurand8796]

"Musique si envoûtante, entraînant son Soi dans le plus profond de son Âme "😇😔💓🍁🙏

[@hermanparisius2828]

The first few notes tells you that you’re beaten. Confronting your loss is what makes us so sad

[@Bevc55]

Oh how BEAUTIFUL is this and so moving too ....

[@hayleyparker2702]

Soon as I heard the induction I knew I would have to listen to the rest. My heart is aching 💔

[@felipetorres1157]

Recuerdo Inolvidable perdura Sublime, Gracias F Tors

[@arleneday5979]

Glorious....thank you!

[@kevindunham3669]

Simply a Stunning piece of music ❤

[@zzzoy423]

Une musique qui permet de connaître un moment de sérénité tout entier tourné vers soi et ses sentiments melancoliques refoulés ! c'est une expression de notre corps et de notre esprit sur la tristesse et le beau. De l'art tout simplement... Merci

[@goodhartsmusic]

Je pense que c’est vrai; il est un morceau avec un sentiment personnel uniquement. Mais d’autre temps cela peut être musique pour une expérience collective ou universelle.

[@jeancollins2009]

This rendition is true to this beautiful piece of music, love it.

[@jasonbowe9767]

Composed by God 🙏🏻

[@docfarl]

This is "church music" I grew up with! It's solemn and puts you in touch with the deepest recesses of your being. Whether that's a happy or sad place, depends on what you're made of.

[@jerrys4841]

There was no Samuel Barber in my church when I was growing up. It was all the same hymns in the hymnal. Fantastic new sounds would have been much better. Wouldn't have done much good for me, religion is a crock of... However, more meaningful and deeply felt music may have helped my salvation from cleared eyed reason, to falling into a pit with no outcome.

[@docfarl]

@@jerrys4841 I'm sorry your church somehow missed the joy or solemnity of hymns and anthems sung to tunes by the likes of Bach, Beethoven or Mozart. But that cannot possibly be an excuse for not enjoying the many such music now readily available on KZbin, in your quiet moments.

[@roberthampton6438]

This is the soul singing,sets you free.🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@marialuisarivero2599]

Hermoso y Profundo alimento para el Alma ❤

[@user-SuviReenkola]

Incrediple beautiful - thank you for shearing🤍👁🙏🏻

[@coporalchef971]

Adagio. Musique Puissante en émotions, puissante pour soigner quelques blessures de l'âme. Merci

[@merceneo]

Una de las mejores obras❤ Oyes esta música y vuelas a lo más alto y sientes que de verdad hay algo más divino , algo celestial . Me doy cuenta que los humanos somos grandes y hacemos el bien ❤

[@sissycarolina4863]

Very very nice...invoking eternity...lovely.

[@lanona163]

Es magnífica. Siempre tan adentro, tan llena de melancolía, tan sublime.Tan nostálgica Tan personal. ❤❤❤

[@TRabbit1970]

adagio was the theme for the sequence in the game Homeworld when the Mothership quickly Jumps back to the construction dock only to find the planet and the dock destroyed, and the last 600000 people left frozen in cryopods being attacked by Frigates. Insanely powerful music on its own, but coupled with such a moving story and imagery,…burned into memory.

[@MAESTRAN]

SI NUNCA OISTES ESTA OBRA, TU NUNCA OISTES MÚSICA CLÁSICA SUBLIME.

[@goodhartsmusic]

¡Definitivamente es una de las piezas que todos deberían escuchar! Otra pieza que todo el mundo debería conocer para tocar lo sublime clásico es "Spem in Alium" de Thomas Tallis.

[@lotfisami9641]

For me it’s my best classical music❤❤❤

[@andreahooper80]

Hauntingly Beautiful 😍

[@CatsInHats-S.CrouchingTiger]

This is so well done! The video images component compliment the story with the music. Adagio can make a person cry, but with the images given, the music has a beautiful serenity.💕

[@goodhartsmusic]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it ❤️

[@radiophodity]

Subjectively I disagree... the ai generated video imagery detracts from a beautiful musical work

[@goodhartsmusic]

@@radiophodity Your opinion is welcome here. Some things about the video I don’t like and would redo, but i enjoy it overall, and I enjoy the mixed ensembles version and its antiphonal moments. I also think, because AI causes justifiable anxiety about an uncertain future and because it can produce odd images that lack the wisdom of human craft, people are very quick to dismiss things with AI components. I think if I said I painted all of this and made a video from my paintings, there would be the opposite reaction. Maybe, who knows. I’d be interested in knowing what moments or aspects you think detract from the piece. Always down to learn about other perspectives. Thanks for your time!

[@elizabethbaeza1691]

Que sublime se escucha el coro...transmite una paz indescriptible. Hermoso. ❤❤

[@ronweber5649]

❤❤beautiful

[@19rizzo79]

indeed

[@ericveillon608]

J adore cette musique frissons et larmes aux yeux ❤❤❤❤

[@joemaguire5575]

this one is of the best of the best it hurts your heart if you have one

[@elainejeyes7349]

Beautiful 🎵🎶 and absolutely love the video. Perfect!

[@goodhartsmusic]

Thank you for saying so!

[@ThePretalia]

Wonderful. Beautiful music and beautiful video. Bravo!!!

[@goodhartsmusic]

Many, many thanks!

[@ThePretalia]

@@goodhartsmusic you are welcome.

[@A.R.Windsong]

I used to play the saxophone in school. That summer I became a cowboy. I got kicked in the head breaking a horse. Got stitches. I went back to school. Band started. I didn't realize it, didn't know. I couldn't read music anymore. And I couldn't do fractions anymore either. I hide it. My step mom taught me the piano. Soon that too went away. All I can do now is just listen and watch the scale fall out of my head and I can't bring it back.

[@ltgood]

I think you’ve put this together real good. Definitely work’s really nice.

[@goodhartsmusic]

I appreciate that a lot, thank you!

[@antonellasturatti6218]

GRANDE MAESTRO E COMPOSITORE X ME ,RILASSANDOMI TOTALMENTE MERCI'

[@declandillon8011]

Beautiful wake me up music !

[@goodhartsmusic]

Do ~not~ wake me up with this, I prefer a morning without tears! 😝

[@jfager100]

Magnificent!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@lkhalil518]

Simply beautiful

[@jeffersilva59]

Olá GM! Me tocou profundamente. Mandou Muito Bem! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@albert-r3i9t]

so beautiful.

[@antoniomadrid1468]

La primera vez que la escuché este adagio fue en la banda sonora de la película ."Pelotón" Sobre la guerra de Vietnam .Con el actor Williams Dafoe.Al caer muerto habré los brazos arrodillado.Excelente melodía y film .

[@hamiltonfleurima1064]

Wow!!!! So powerfull

[@1922johnboy]

Wonderful 😊❤

[@clivelogsdon1492]

Awesome version of the best music ever written

[@davidmasterson1765]

Stunning!

[@bernadatterozario7066]

Love you Lord Jesus.

[@PaulHill-h7z]

Absolutely brilliant

[@randolphstephenson]

Would 💕 love to hear the Andante 2nd movement of Barbers violin concerto performed in this fashion ❤🙏🤗 . Thanks

[@goodhartsmusic]

While there isn’t any alternate orchestration of that piece it’s a good idea! There is the Canzone middle movement of his piano concerto, which has been arranged for a number of duos.

[@AnupMalakar-q6i]

high music ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@FromG2eminor]

My Grandmother is preparing the choir in heaven so when i arrive they will welcome me with tgis piece.

[@Trapper1968]

My daughter’s west minster choir should do this , they are phenomenal .

[@riaionik3572]

Majestuoso ❤❤❤

[@aguilacalva2625]

Sublime and sad 👍👏👏