Vienna Philharmonic & Gustavo Dudamel – Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op.11 (SNC 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. 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.