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Barber, Samuel

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Works by Date Performed (66)

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Works (by Date Performed)

01-28-1941
Hill Auditorium
- Adagio for Strings
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
  - Conductor: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
01-15-1945
Hill Auditorium
- Excursions
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Piano: Horowitz, Vladimir
01-19-1945
Rackham Auditorium
- Quartet for Strings; Op. 11
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Violin: Roismann, Josef
  - Violin: Ortenberg, Edgar
  - Viola: Kroyt, Boris
  - Cello: Schneider, Mischa
  - String Quartet: Budapest String Quartet
03-13-1949
Hill Auditorium
- Essay for Orchestra; No. 1; Op. 12
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
  - Conductor: Sevitzky, Fabien
05-08-1949
Hill Auditorium
- Adagio for Strings
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Ormandy, Eugene
03-04-1951
Hill Auditorium
- The school for scandal overture; Op. 5
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  - Conductor: Kubelik, Rafael
02-17-1952
Rackham Auditorium
- Quartet for Strings; Op. 11
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Violin: Roismann, Josef
  - Violin: Gorodetzky, Jac
  - Viola: Kroyt, Boris
  - Cello: Schneider, Mischa
  - String Quartet: Budapest String Quartet
05-03-1953
Hill Auditorium
- Essay for Orchestra; No. 2; Op. 17
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Ormandy, Eugene
10-04-1954
Hill Auditorium
- Sure on this shining night; Op. 13, no. 2
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Soprano: Peters, Roberta
  - Piano: Bass, Warner
05-04-1957
Hill Auditorium
- Adagio for Strings
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Ormandy, Eugene
10-06-1960
Hill Auditorium
- Sleep now; Op. 10, No. 2
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Author: Joyce, James
  - Soprano: Curtis-Verna, Mary
  - Piano: Ross, Stuart
10-31-1960
Hill Auditorium
- Sonata for Piano; Op. 26
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Piano: Cliburn, Van
05-06-1961
Hill Auditorium
- Toccata Festiva for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 36
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Ormandy, Eugene
  - Organ: Noehren, Robert
10-07-1962
Hill Auditorium
- Adagio for Strings
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  - Conductor: Paray, Paul
04-03-1964
Hill Auditorium
- Nocturne; Op. 13, no. 4
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Soprano: Moffo, Anna
  - Piano: Shomate, James
04-14-1965
Hill Auditorium
- Nocturne; Op. 13, no. 4
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Alto: Anderson, Marian
  - Piano: Rupp, Franz
10-09-1965
Hill Auditorium
- Concerto for Piano; Op 38
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  - Conductor: Martinon, Jean
  - Piano: Browning, John
03-15-1968
Hill Auditorium
- Sonata for Piano; Op. 26
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Piano: Cliburn, Van
10-26-1970
Hill Auditorium
- Cave of the Heart
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Artistic Director: Graham, Martha
  - Lighting designer: Rosenthal, Jean
  - Set Designer: Noguchi, Isamu
  - Costumer: Graham, Martha
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
  - Conductor: Lester, Eugene
  - Dancer: Gray, Diane
  - Dancer: Asakawa, Takako
  - Dancer: McGehee, Helen
  - Dancer: Gain, Richard
11-04-1972
Hill Auditorium
- Essay for Orchestra; No. 2; Op. 17
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London
  - Conductor: Kempe, Rudolf
10-22-1974
Power Center
- Three Reincarnations
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Conductor: Smith, Gregg
  - Choir: Gregg Smith Singers
  - Piano: Beegle, Raymond
05-01-1975
Hill Auditorium
- Essay for Orchestra; No. 2; Op. 17
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Ormandy, Eugene
08-05-1975
Rackham Auditorium
- Hermit Songs: The Monk and His Cat
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Soprano: Matsumoto, Shigemi
  - Piano: Beeson, John
10-19-1975
Power Center
- Cave of the Heart
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Artistic Director: Graham, Martha
  - Lighting designer: Rosenthal, Jean
  - Set Designer: Noguchi, Isamu
  - Costumer: Graham, Martha
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
  - Dancer: Kimura, Yuriko
  - Dancer: Wengerd, Tim
  - Dancer: McGuire, Susan
  - Dancer: Hart, Diana
04-30-1976
Hill Auditorium
- The school for scandal overture; Op. 5
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Copland, Aaron
04-30-1977
Hill Auditorium
- Andromache's Farewell, Op. 39
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Ormandy, Eugene
  - Soprano: Arroyo, Martina
02-22-1978
Power Center
- Excursions
  - Choreographer: Feld, Eliot
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Company: Feld Ballet New York
  - Dancer: Satinoff, Jeff
  - Dancer: Miller, Linda
  - Dancer: Sarry, Christine
  - Dancer: Kennedy, Charles
  - Dancer: Hughes, Michaela
  - Dancer: LaFosse, Edmund
  - Piano: Longiaru, Peter
10-25-1978
Power Center
- Cave of the Heart
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Artistic Director: Graham, Martha
  - Lighting designer: Rosenthal, Jean
  - Set Designer: Noguchi, Isamu
  - Costumer: Graham, Martha
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
  - Dancer: Mitchell, Lucinda
  - Dancer: Kimura, Yuriko
  - Dancer: Wengerd, Tim
  - Dancer: Lyman, Peggy
10-12-1979
Hill Auditorium
- Medea's Mediation and Dance of Veneance
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  - Conductor: Dorati, Antal
11-05-1979
Power Center
- Frescoes
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Artistic Director: Graham, Martha
  - Lighting designer: Cernovitch, Nicola
  - Costumer: Halston
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
  - Dancer: Dakin, Christine
  - Dancer: Wengerd, Tim
  - Dancer: Lyman, Peggy
  - Dancer: Brown, Charles
11-07-1979
Power Center
- Frescoes
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Artistic Director: Graham, Martha
  - Lighting designer: Cernovitch, Nicola
  - Costumer: Halston
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
  - Dancer: Dakin, Christine
  - Dancer: Wengerd, Tim
  - Dancer: Lyman, Peggy
  - Dancer: Brown, David
02-09-1980
Hill Auditorium
- Despite and Still (Song Cycle)
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Soprano: Price, Leontyne
  - Piano: Garvey, David
07-14-1980
Rackham Auditorium
- Sonata for Piano; Op. 26
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Piano: Browning, John
04-29-1981
Hill Auditorium
- Essay for Orchestra; No. 2; Op. 17
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Ormandy, Eugene
10-31-1981
Power Center
- Cave of the Heart
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Artistic Director: Graham, Martha
  - Lighting designer: Rosenthal, Jean
  - Set Designer: Noguchi, Isamu
  - Costumer: Graham, Martha
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
  - Dancer: Dakin, Christine
  - Dancer: Wengerd, Tim
  - Dancer: Ruddy, Jeanne
  - Dancer: Asakawa, Takako
11-02-1983
Power Center
- Adagio for Strings
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Soviet Emigré Orchestra
  - Conductor: Gosman, Lazar
03-29-1984
Rackham Auditorium
- Knoxville, Summer of 1914
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Northwood Orchestra
  - Conductor: Jaeger, Don
  - Soprano: Smith, Karen Emens
09-22-1984
Hill Auditorium
- The school for scandal overture; Op. 5
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  - Conductor: Leppard, Raymond
02-07-1987
Power Center
- Cave of the Heart
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Artistic Director: Graham, Martha
  - Lighting designer: Rosenthal, Jean
  - Set Designer: Noguchi, Isamu
  - Costumer: Graham, Martha
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
  - Dancer: Dakin, Christine
  - Dancer: White Jr., George
  - Dancer: Giovanola, Sophie
  - Dancer: Kantor, Debra
02-02-1989
Hill Auditorium
- Quartet for Strings; Op. 11: Adagio (arr. for Brass Quintet)
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Arranger: McNeff, Stephen
  - Brass Ensemble: Canadian Brass
  - French Horn: Ohanian, David
  - Trombone: Watts, Eugene
  - Trumpet: Mills, Frederick (trumpeter)
  - Trumpet: Romm, Ronald
  - Tuba: Daellenbach, Charles
02-16-1990
Rackham Auditorium
- Adagio for Strings
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Chamber Orchestra: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
  - Conductor: Fleisher, Leon
11-14-1990
Rackham Auditorium
- Quartet for Strings; Op. 11
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Violin: Votapek, Kathryn
  - Violin: Gearheart, Fritz
  - Viola: Gorevic, Ronald
  - Cello: Rosenberg, Thomas
  - String Quartet: Chester String Quartet
10-27-1991
Hill Auditorium
- Sure on this shining night; Op. 13, no. 2
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Soprano: Augér, Arleen
  - Piano: Blier, Steven
11-09-1991
Hill Auditorium
- Quartet for Strings; Op. 11: Adagio (arr. for Brass Quintet)
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Arranger: McNeff, Stephen
  - Brass Ensemble: Canadian Brass
  - French Horn: Ohanian, David
  - Trombone: Watts, Eugene
  - Trumpet: Mills, Frederick (trumpeter)
  - Trumpet: Romm, Ronald
  - Tuba: Daellenbach, Charles
05-07-1992
Hill Auditorium
- Essay for Orchestra; No. 1; Op. 12
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  - Conductor: Järvi, Neeme
10-28-1994
Power Center
- Cave of the Heart
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Artistic Director: Graham, Martha
  - Lighting designer: Rosenthal, Jean
  - Set Designer: Noguchi, Isamu
  - Costumer: Graham, Martha
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
  - Orchestra: Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
  - Conductor: Sussman, Stanley
  - Dancer: Vale, Denise
  - Dancer: Capucilli, Terese
  - Dancer: Foreman, Donlin
  - Dancer: Orihara, Miki
03-17-1995
Rackham Auditorium
- Summer Music; Op. 31
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Chamber Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Woodwind Quintet
  - Bassoon: Trog, Henning
  - Clarinet: Seyfarth, Walter
  - Flute: Hasel, Michael
  - French Horn: McWilliam, Fergus
  - Oboe: Wittmann, Andreas
03-30-1996
Hill Auditorium
- Quartet for Strings; Op. 11: Adagio (arr. for Brass Quintet)
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Arranger: McNeff, Stephen
  - Brass Ensemble: Canadian Brass
  - French Horn: Ohanian, David
  - Trombone: Watts, Eugene
  - Trumpet: Mills, Frederick (trumpeter)
  - Trumpet: Romm, Ronald
  - Tuba: Daellenbach, Charles
02-05-1998
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
- Agnus Dei
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Conductor: Warland, Dale
  - Choir: The Dale Warland Singers
01-14-1999
Hill Auditorium
- Nuvoletta; Op. 25
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Author: Joyce, James
  - Soprano: Fleming, Renée
  - Piano: Yorke, Helen
03-28-1999
Rackham Auditorium
- Quartet for Strings; Op. 11
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Violin: Winograd, Peter
  - Violin: Carney, Laurie
  - Viola: Avshalomov, Daniel
  - Cello: Geber, David
  - String Quartet: American String Quartet
11-09-2000
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
- Agnus Dei
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Conductor: Equilbey, Laurence
  - Soprano: Añorga, Solange
  - Choir: Accentus Chamber Choir
04-01-2001
Rackham Auditorium
- Quartet for Strings; Op. 11
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Violin: Phillips, Daniel
  - Violin: Phillips, Todd
  - Viola: Tenenbom, Steven
  - Cello: Eddy, Timothy
  - String Quartet: Orion String Quartet
04-06-2001
Rackham Auditorium
- Quartet for Strings; Op. 11: Adagio
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Violin: Setzer, Philip
  - Violin: Drucker, Eugene
  - Viola: Dutton, Lawrence
  - Cello: Finckel, David
  - String Quartet: Emerson String Quartet
  Notes: Encore
04-13-2002
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
- Quartet for Strings; Op. 11: Adagio
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Violin: Dusinberre, Edward
  - Violin: Schranz, Károly
  - Viola: Tapping, Roger
  - Cello: Fejér, András
  - String Quartet: Takács Quartet
03-24-2007
Hill Auditorium
- Quartet for Strings; Op. 11: Adagio (arr. for Brass Quintet)
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Arranger: McNeff, Stephen
  - Brass Ensemble: Canadian Brass
  - Trombone: Watts, Eugene
  - Trumpet: Burgstaller, Josef
  - Trumpet: Ridenour, Brandon
  - Tuba: Daellenbach, Charles
04-15-2007
Rackham Auditorium
- Quartet for Strings; Op. 11
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Violin: Pavlovsky, Alexander
  - Violin: Bresler, Sergei
  - Viola: Grosz, Amihai
  - Cello: Zlotnikov, Kyril
  - String Quartet: Jerusalem Quartet
01-29-2009
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
- Reincarnations; Op. 16
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Vocal Ensemble: Chanticleer
  - Conductor: Otlman, Matthew
09-23-2011
Power Center
- Excursions
  - Choreographer: Morris, Mark
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Artistic Director: Morris, Mark
  - Lighting designer: Pearce, Nicole
  - Costumer: Patterson, Katherine M.
  - Company: Mark Morris Dance Group
  - Dancer: Yard, Michelle
  - Dancer: McMurray, Dallas
  - Dancer: Lynch, Laurel
  - Dancer: Donahue, Rita
  - Dancer: Vinson, Noah
  - Dancer: Smith, William, III
  - Piano: Fowler, Colin
09-24-2011
Power Center
- Excursions
  - Choreographer: Morris, Mark
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Artistic Director: Morris, Mark
  - Lighting designer: Pearce, Nicole
  - Costumer: Patterson, Katherine M.
  - Company: Mark Morris Dance Group
  - Dancer: Yard, Michelle
  - Dancer: McMurray, Dallas
  - Dancer: Lynch, Laurel
  - Dancer: Donahue, Rita
  - Dancer: Vinson, Noah
  - Dancer: Smith, William, III
  - Piano: Fowler, Colin
01-13-2013
Hill Auditorium
- Toccata Festiva for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 36
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  - Conductor: Slatkin, Leonard
  - Organ: Higgs, David
10-10-2013
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
- Let down the Bars, O Death
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Composer: Gonzalez, Anthony
  - Composer: Gonzalez, Yann
  - Composer: Kibby, Morgan
  - Composer: Laner, Brad
  - Composer: Meldal-Johnsen, Justin
  - Arranger: Hackman, Steve
  - Conductor: Whittig, Jace
  - Choir: Chanticleer
01-08-2016
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
- A green lowland of pianos, Op. 45, No. 2
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Author: Miłosz, Czesław
  - Baritone: Blumberg, Jesse
  - Piano: Katz, Martin
04-01-2017
Hill Auditorium
- Rain has fallen; Op. 10, No. 1
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Author: Joyce, James
  - Tenor: Fabiano, Michael
  - Piano: Katz, Martin
10-25-2017
Hill Auditorium
- Nocturne (Hommage to John Field), Op. 33
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Piano: Trifonov, Daniil
12-10-2019
Rackham Auditorium
- Sonata for Cello and Piano in c minor, Op. 6
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Cello: Kanneh-Mason, Sheku
  - Piano: Kanneh-Mason, Isata