On December 8th,1982 in Paramaribo, Suriname at the Fort Zeelandia,15 of my fellow country men were killed by the military for their belief in a better, more just and honest society.
In remembrance of their premature and unnecessary death and the death of a much beloved country I dedicate this Adagio for Strings music from Samuel Barber by the Vienna Philharmonic.
Surendre Rambocus, Jozef Slagveer, Harold Riedewald, Jiwansingh Sheombar, Frank Wijngaarde, Robby Sohansingh, Cyrill Daal, Kenneth Gonçalves, André Kamperveen, Gerard Leckie, John Baboeram, Bram Behr, Sugrim Oemrawsingh, Eddy Hoost en Lesley Rahman
May they for ever and ever rest in Peace and may we, the survivors remember them in our hearts and minds.
Vienna Philharmonic – Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op.11
Summer Night Concert 2019
Sony Classical is proud to release Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 from the Summer Night Concert 2019. The Vienna Philharmonic is conducted by Gustavo Dudamel with pianist Yuja Wang as soloist.
The Summer Night Concert was performed on June 20th, 2019. It is an annual open-air event, which has been held since 2008. The park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna/Austria is the magical setting for the concert, which is free of charge for all residents and visitors of the city. Central to the programme of the Vienna Philharmonic’s 2019 Summer Night Concert was a musical history of the United States of America: the works that were heard in the 2019 set are composed in or for the USA, while also constituting links with the Viennese musical tradition.
