Watch Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty (2017) Online
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- RUNTIME: 2h 10m
- COUNTRIES: France,United States of America
- Subtitles: English
Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaimed film is a probing exploration of his music and melancholia. Performance, oral history, musicology, and biography combine to explore the life and music of one of America’s greatest composers. Features Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop and many more of the world's leading experts on Barber's music, with tributes from composers Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson and William Schuman. The film was broadcast on PBS, and screened at nine film festivals internationally, with three best-of awards. It was named a Recording of the Year 2017 by MusicWeb International. Read More
Watch Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty online. Featuring Thomas Hampson and Leonard Slatkin, Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty is classified as Music and History genre movie with an average rating across the web of 10. It is available for streaming online in the USA on 1 services such as Amazon Video. The movie was filmed in France and was released on 2017. Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty was directed by H. Paul Moon. Read Less