Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty - The documentary feature film about Samuel Barber, composer of the Adagio for Strings, featuring Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop & many more
Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty - The documentary feature film about Samuel Barber, composer of the Adagio for Strings, featuring Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop & many moreZEN VIOLENCE FILMS presents a film by H. PAUL MOON "SAMUEL BARBER: ABSOLUTE BEAUTY" THOMAS HAMPSON baritone LEONARD SLATKIN conductor MARIN ALSOP conductor JOHN CORIGLIANO composer JENNY OAKS BAKER violin dedicated to J. REILLY LEWIS oral history audio recordings PETER DICKINSON consulting producers BARBARA B. HEYMAN & PIERRE BRÉVIGNON directed by H. PAUL MOON

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Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty - The documentary feature film about Samuel Barber, composer of the Adagio for Strings, featuring Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop & many more
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