BARBER 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, in a radio broadcast from a New York studio attended by an invited audience, conducted by Arturo Toscanini, who also took the piece on tour to Europe and South America. WIKIPEDIA VIDEO: Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Bernstein, conductor

York Bowen - Violin Concerto (1913)

Edwin York Bowen (22 February 1884 - 23 November 1961) was an English composer and pianist. Bowen's musical career spanned more than fifty years during which time he wrote over 160 works. As well as being a pianist and composer, Bowen was a talented conductor, organist, violist and horn player. Despite achieving considerable success during his lifetime, many of the composer's works remained unpublished and unperformed until after his death in 1961. Bowen's compositional style is widely considered as 'Romantic' and his works are often characterized by their rich harmonic language. He was one of the most notable English composers of piano music of his time. The violin concerto was completed in 1913...when the composer was 29, but was not performed until 1920. WIKIPEDIA Bio 

VIDEO: Lorraine McAslan, violin with Vernon Handley conducting the BBC Concert Orchestra

William Boyce (composer) (1711–1779), English-born composer and Master of the King's Musick

William Boyce (baptised 11 September 1711 – d. 7 February 1779) was an English composer and organist. Boyce is known for his set of eight symphonies, his anthems and his odes. Boyce was largely forgotten after his death and he remains a little-performed composer today, although a number of his pieces were rediscovered in the 1930s and Constant Lambert edited and sometimes conducted his works. His only son, also William Boyce (25 March 1764 – 1824), was a professional double bass player.[4] On the 7 February 1779 Boyce died from an attack of gout. He was buried under the dome of St Paul's cathedral. WIKIPEDIA

 VIDEO: William Boyce - 8 Symphonies (The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, 1987)