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World Service,16 Mar 2004,22 mins

Soul Music: Barber's Adagio for Strings

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The "magical, all enveloping" Adagio for strings by Samuel Barber. A montage of people describe their feelings for the piece and what it means to them. Leonard Slatkin talks about conducting it at the Last Night of the Proms after the events of 11th September 2001.

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