Symphony No.1, Op.21 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) - IMSLP: Free.
Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto. 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 about working on his only Violin Concerto in 1939, just a year after the Adagio’s premiere. Initially, the composer’s reasons for cracking on with a new work.
Samuel Barber: Essay No.1 for Orchestra, Op.12 - Play streams in full or download MP3 from Classical Archives (classicalarchives.com), the largest and best organized classical music site on the web.
Additional Resources. Online score from publisher G. Schirmer. A more technical program note on the Symphony by Barber. Recorded interview with composer Gian-Carlo Menotti, Barber’s life partner and the dedicatee of the First Symphony. Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto No. 3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37 (1800-03).
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Symphony Orchestra, he premiered two new works by Barber: the First Essay and the Adagio for Strings. Originally, the Adagio was the slow movement of Barber’s String Quartet, written in Rome in 1936. For Toscanini, Barber adapted the Adagio for full string orchestra. Its long, mellifluous lines, lyric intensity, and heartfelt sincerity had an immediate impact on audiences and critics alike.
Print and download in PDF or MIDI Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Jeez, Samuel Barber is a genius! Since I couldn't find any easy-to-access violin scores online, I decided to make one myself! Enjoy!
Major ensembles like the Philadelphia Orchestra, NBC Symphony, and New York Philharmonic quickly took up Barber’s cause. No less a maestro than Arturo Toscanini premiered his First Essay for Orchestra and ubiquitous Adagio for Strings in 1938, while other significant premieres were entrusted to Eugene Ormandy (the Violin Concerto) and Bruno Walter (the Second Essay ).