Barber's Adagio for Strings with David Bernard leading the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony. This performance is an InsideOut Concerts event with the audience embedded within the orchestra. “heartfelt, warm and highly evocative. David Bernard applies a juste milieu tempo for the venerated Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber (1910-1981). At a timing of 8:38 it feels just right. I've heard recordings that clock in between 10 and 11 minutes and although grippingly sad, are pulled down by their own weight. The multi-layered balance here between the violins, violas and cellos is well done. And the loud climactic point, at the 6:00 minute mark, doesn't screech at you like others I've heard. The final few bars, where Barber seems to tip his hat at the final few bars of Gustav Mahler's Ninth Symphony, are effective without being affective.” -Classical Music Sentinel