Gulbenkian Choir at São Roque

The emotional intensity that Samuel Barber put into his Adagio for Strings catapulted this composition into the work of choice for moments of national mourning in the United States: it accompanied the announcement of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death and was played during both John F. Kennedy’s and Albert Einstein’s funeral ceremonies. Thirty years after the original composition, Barber adapted the piece for the choral version Agnus Dei, work that will be presented at the traditional New Year’s Eve concert by the Gulbenkian Choir at the Church of São Roque, alongside sacred works by Poulenc, Frank Martin and Miguel Jesus.

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