Agnus Dei (Barber) Agnus Dei (Barber) Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) is a choral composition in one movement by Samuel Barber, his own arrangement of his "Adagio for Strings" (1936). In 1967, he set the Latin words of the liturgical Agnus Dei, a part of the Mass, for mixed chorus with optional organ or piano accompaniment. The music, in B-flat minor, has a duration of about eight minutes. Barber's "Adagio for Strings" began as the second movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11, composed in 1936. At the request of Arturo Toscanini, he arranged it for string orchestra, and in January 1938 sent
Chiesa dei Re Magi, Pergola and stone, including statues of sybils and prophets, by Tommaso Amantini (1625-1675). The canvases span painters from the late 16th to early 18th centuries. The main altarpiece, which gives the chapel its name, is an "Adoration of the Magi" by Aurelio Lomi. The walls of the chapel have canvases depicting "John the Baptist signaling Christ to the Apostles" by Ercole Ramazzani, and a "Baptism of Christ" and "Marriage at Cana" by Giovanni Francesco Ferri. The chapel also contains a polychrome-painted gesso Pietà from the 15th century. Chiesa dei Re Magi, Pergola The Chiesa dei Re Magi, also known as the