Classic FM

What’s the piece of classical music in Mobb Deep’s Down For You?

And now it’s been used by New York’s Mobb Deep, one of the most successful rap duos of all time, in their latest single ‘Down ...
Classic FM

278 cellists playing ‘Adagio for Strings’ from 29 countries is everything the world needs

This is wonderful – 278 cellists, all recording from their homes, play Barber’s Adagio for Strings while many concert halls around the world remain closed. We’re all missing the power, excitement and ...
Seattle Times

‘The Saddest Music Ever Written’: Samuel Barber’s ‘Adagio for Strings,’ deconstructed

This new book about Samuel Barber’s famous, eloquently mournful “Adagio for Strings” is 262 pages long. About one-fourth of those pages are eminently worthy of the music lovers’ careful attention. In ...
BBC

From Sadness to Joy: Barber’s ‘Adagio for Strings’

In 2004, a competition by BBC Radio 4’s Today programme set out to find “the saddest music in the world” and was won by Barber’s Adagio for Strings – receiving 52% of the public votes, ahead of ...