Carmina Burana
Saturday 24th Sep, 2011
Joined by the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, the 2011-2012 Season kicks off on September 24, 2011 with Music Director JoAnn Falletta conducting "Carmina Burana." Featuring the well-known "O Fortuna" which frames the piece at beginning and end, "Carmina Burana" features 24 poems from the 11th through 13th centuries set to music by Carl Orff in 1937.
The selection covers a wide range of topics, as familiar in the 13th century as they are in the 21st century: the fickleness of fortune and wealth, the ephemeral nature of life, the joy of the return of spring, and the pleasures and perils of drinking, gluttony, gambling and lust.
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