BBC advert for upcoming Proms

[AliceTickband]

Can any ABer tell me the title of the first piece of music in the trailer....the slow gentle one?

tia

[emmie]

not sure, but this is Samuel Barber's adagio for strings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRMz8fKkG2g

[emmie]

i had tried looking up the ad but can't seem to find it.

[AliceTickband]

that is the piece of music I was looking for....ta muchly

[emmie]

wow, that's good.

[missprim]

Always makes me feel sad this piece of music but I love it.

[tiggerblue10]

First time I ever heard this was in Platoon and then I watched The Elephant Man a few years later. It is a very sad piece of music and used to very good effect in Platoon.

[whiskeryron]

Beautiful but there are always tears when I play it.