An unplayable finale and a meddling violin teacher? Jane Jones sheds light on the story behind Barber's only Violin Concerto. The American composer Samuel Barber was – depending on who you talk to – ...

The German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin plays Barber's Violin Concerto with the American violinist Randall Goosby. Ryan ...

In 1941, the Philadelphia Orchestra premiered a new violin concerto by West Chester-born composer Samuel Barber. The piece is now considered one of the finest violin concertos of the 20th century. As ...

Concertmaster David Coucheron will take center stage to perform Barber's Violin Concerto with guest conductor Susanna Mälkki and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra October 10, 2013, at 8:00 p.m. and ...

Every now and then, a little wheeling and dealing goes into a new piece of music. That's especially true in the case of Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, performed in concert here by James Ehnes at the ...

Samuel Barber’s three mid-century concertos — for violin, piano and cello — formed a centerpiece of this summer’s Aspen Music Festival Theme, “Being American,” the final two coming in featured ...

Given the great success of the Adagio for Strings, Samuel Barber could have been forgiven for resting on his musical laurels in the late 1930s. But the American composer was having none of it: he set ...

The 1945 Cello Concerto is probably the least performed of Samuel Barber's concertos – less winsomely melodic than the work for violin, less flamboyantly virtuosic than the Piano Concerto. But as ...