Samuel Barber - ADAGIO for Strings, Op.11 (Organ Solo)

Roberto Bertero at the Gustavo Zanin Organ of Turin’s S.ta Rita Sanctuary (Italy).
- Recording dating back to the year 1993 -
In this video I am playing my organ transcription of Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings.
Emblematic adagio, also used as soundtrack in celebrated films such as Platoon and The Elephant Man, as well as during funeral ceremonies of many royal families.
Nevertheless, this Opus 11, by the American composer Samuel Barber, doesn't want to be a “sad” music but rather a song of the soul.
The piece is very rich in suspensions, therefore in “thinking creatures”, as I have always loved to define suspensions in music, as the temporary melodic stationing, precisely of a note which remains prolonged with respect to the harmony in progress, has always brought to my mind a person who lingers a moment longer on a thought, a memory, an emotion...
In the crescendo the notes become higher and higher and when it seems that they cannot rise higher, they go one note higher! Remember, out of the darkness, no matter how deep, comes light!
Since I’ve recorded this piece only as audio (and not video), I’ve thought to provide a "visual commentary" inserting some photographs of mine taken during my hiking expeditions on the Alps.
I didn't record this video at the Consolata Sanctuary organ, but at the Gustavo Zanin organ, located in the Parish of Santa Rita in Turin (Italy).
- Recording dating back to the year 1993 -
Here is the tech equipment I’ve used in order to capture this live recording:
DAT recorder Aiwa HD-s1
Microphones Sennheiser K3U + ME80
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Organ built by Gustavo Zanin (year 1990)
Mechanic organ transmission, electronic for registers and unions.
Stops: 53
Pipes: 3804
Equal Temperament (A3 at 440 Hz)
Project by M° Massimo Nosetti
Stoplist
I - GRAND'ORGANO
Principale 16'
Principale 8'
Ottava 4'
Duodecima 2' 2/3'
Quinta 2' 2/3'
Ripieno IV
Flauto 8'
Flauto a camino 4'
Flauto a cuspide
Cornetto III
Tromba 8'
Tromba 4'
II - POSITIVO
Principale 8’
Prestante 4'
Quinta decima 2'
Scharf IV
Sesquialtera II
Bordone 8'
Flauto a camino 4'
Larigot 1' 1/3'
Cromorno 8’
Tremolo
III - RECITATIVO ESPR.
Quintadena 16'
Corno di Notte 8'
Flauto Armonico 4'
Nazardo 2' 2/3'
Silvestre 2'
Terza 1' 3/5
Settima 1' 1/7'
Viola 8'
Voce Celeste 8'
Diapason 8'
Ottava 4'
Plein Jeu V
Fagotto 16'
Tromba Armonica 8'
Oboe 8'
Chiarina 4'
Tremolo
VI - SOLO
Tromba Reale 16'
Trompeta de Bathalla 8' Ch.
Clarin Fluerte 4' Ch.
Regale 8' Ch.
PEDALE
Contrabbasso 16'
Basso 8'
Ottava 4'
Ripieno Grave III
Ripieno Acuto III
Subbasso 16'
Bordone 8'
Controfagotto 32'
Bombarda 16'
Trombone 8'
Clarone 4'

[@florasaleri4151]

Bravo Roberto. Che meraviglia. Grazie. A domani al Santuario. Saluta Roberta. Ciao.

[@OrganoConsolata]

Grazie carissima!! Roberta ricambia di cuore i saluti e forse oggi verrà con me in Santuario :-)

[@JeanCosta-od8sl]

A truly touching and emotional interpretation, heartfelt congratulations!!!

[@OrganoConsolata]

Many thanks for your very really welcomed appreciation! All the best.

[@richardrye7200]

Beautifully done, with wonderful coordination of sound and delicious video! Thank you!

[@OrganoConsolata]

Well, many thanks to you for watching and appreciating this organ version of mine! All the best!