one of the most beautiful pieces of music

[lost-in-nj]

set against the most horrific act against the US

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRMz8fKkG2g&feature=related




please

vote with your conscience
we should never have to feel,fear, or grieve like this again

lost

:hug:
on edit
reading the comments on this is not what I think.......


I saw the video before see them.....
this is a bi-partisan subject

it should never happen again

[mwdem]

1. That is the most beautiful music on earth.

I cry whenever I hear it. And I can listen to it always. Thanks for the reminder.

[lost-in-nj]

3. I cry every time to...

I heard it the first time
when they played it in Platoon

then Princess Grace.....


yeah

tears


lost


:hi:

[littlebit]

9. Thank you

I was sitting here trying to remember what movie I had heard this in. It is a very moving and beautiful piece.:hi:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

16. It was used prominently in Platoon

and in a couple of others, although I can't remember which.

It's Adagio for Strings, by Samuel Barber, and it was originally a movement of a string quartet that Barber wrote in the 1930s.

It first became well known when it was played at FDR's funeral.

[ChoralScholar]

21. LL, have you ever sung the Agnus Dei set to Barber's 'Adagio'

very beautiful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOukA3VrWyg

[Lydia Leftcoast]

25. No, but I have a recording of it

:-)

[Jade Fox]

14. Don't know if you're a fan......

of skating, but I love this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HyECUaNtw8

[Critters2]

2. The Adagio for Strings moves me to tears in whatever setting I hear it.

I just can't help it. This makes it that much stronger.

[lost-in-nj]

4. actually

I had no doubt you would be one of the people that gets it.....


:hug:

lost

[Critters2]

5. I'm honored! Thank you!

:hug:

[lizziegrace]

10. Same here

I *love* piece. And it gives me chills.

My ex arranged it for a marimba ensemble. I was not pleased at first (why mess with perfection), but it's actually very good if he has good players.

The 9/11 images make it so compelling.

:hug:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

6. I've seen that video before.

Barber's Adagio is one of my favorite pieces of music.

[MilesColtrane]

7. Thanks for this.

[JVS]

8. I like this song better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh2dxZebpIw

[Road Scholar]

11. Thank you for sharing. nt

[RadiationTherapy]

12. Nice tune; tacky video.

[NJmaverick]

13. WOW, you brought back so many memories with that video

[crim son]

15. When I read "one of the most beautiful pieces of music,"

I immediately thought, "Barber's Adagio." I was right. Thank you for posting, lost. :hug:

[nytemare]

17. I can't decide if "Elephant Man" or "Platoon" was my favorite use of it in film.

They used it in "Amelie" as well, but Amelie was mostly a lighthearted film.

Adagio for stings has to be the most tragic instrumental piece ever.

[sarge43]

18. Listen to the vocal version of the Adageo, Agnus Dei - ravishing

Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi,
miserere nobis. Agnus Dei qui tollis
peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.

Lamb of God that takest away the sins
of the world, have mercy upon us.
Lamb of God that takest away the sins
of the world, grant us peace.

[lost-in-nj]

19. I never knew

there was a vocal version....!!!!

I will have to look..

or do you have a link??


THANKS

lost


ON EDIT: WOW I found it on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkObnNQCMtM&feature=related

[sarge43]

20. If you love this music, recommend a couple of CDs

Peace Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, director Grant Llewellyn. It's a collection of hymns -- Agnus Dei, John Tavener's Song for Athene, Edward Elgar's Lux Aeterna and several more.

Allegri Miserere, The Tallis Scholars, director Peter Phillips

Neither are easy listening because of the emotions they evoke; however, when I despair of humanity, these help me remember we can create perfect beauty.

[ChoralScholar]

22. We have another choral fan in da haus?

A couple weeks ago at ACDA in Louisville, I heard the Taylor Festival Singers do Agnus Dei set to Barber's 'Adagio' - it was fantastic...

[JI7]

23. very beautiful

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. I love Barber's music...

Especially the Adagio. It lends depth to any image it accompanies. But my favorite way to enjoy the piece is to close my eyes and allow the music to illuminate within.

[Inchworm]

26. I love slow chill music like this

I ain't watching the video 'cause I'm needing to sleep. Adiagos and larghettos are my best dream musics. I don't want to couple the thinking with grief since it is so perdy I'm near in tears listening as I type. They are happy joy kinds though.

Happy Easter lost!

:hug::loveya::hug: