Adagio for Strings Adagio for Strings Adagio for Strings is a work by Samuel Barber, arguably his best known, arranged for string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11. Barber finished the arrangement in 1936, the same year that he wrote the quartet. It was performed for the first time on November 5, 1938, by Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a radio broadcast from NBC Studio 8H. Toscanini also played the piece on his South American tour with the NBC Symphony in 1940. Its reception was generally positive, with Alexander J. Morin writing that "Adagio for
The Saddest Thing I Know The Saddest Thing I Know "The Saddest Thing I Know" is the first single from Australian alternative rock band Birds of Tokyo's self-titled third album, "Birds of Tokyo". It was the first released under new label EMI Music Australia. The song because their first ARIA Chart song, peaked at #66 in May 2010. It was voted #87 in Triple J's Hottest 100 countdown of 2010. Band member Adam Spark said: ""The Saddest Thing I Know" was a funny one, we’re not really sure where it came from, it’s sort of like this bluesy, drug trip – hence the really sort