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Soul Music: Barber's Adagio for Strings
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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大象传媒 World Service Archive
This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project
