"He did have much more than a straightforward musical experience in mind. He subtitled his exuberant hour-long oratorio "Cantiones profanae, cantoribus et choris cantandae, comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis," or "Secular songs for singers and choruses accompanied by instruments and magical images" β hardly typical concert fare. From a conductor's point of view, Carmina is an absolute blast β so many people, so many textures, so much variety. And, contrary to what conductors might tell you, when 300-plus performers are involved, size does matter."
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Marin Alsop in "Love, Lust and Drinking Stir Carmina" for Weekend Edition Saturday (11 November 2006)
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Carl Orff
Carl Orff (10 July 1895 β 29 March 1982) was a German composer, most famous for his cantata Carmina Burana (1937).
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