Carmina Burana

with the Arvada Chorale

Carl Orff's powerful and dramatic cantata remains one of the most popular pieces of classical repertoire. The medieval lyric poetry of vagrant scholars and wandering monks is surprisingly full of tales both sacred and secular: from earthly simplicity to sophisticated symbolism, with frank avowals of earthly pleasure, tributes to nature, and religious contemplation both moralizing and satirizing. The more modern music perfectly sets the texts with exhilarating rhythms and melodies of chaste tenderness and heartfelt simplicity. The Colorado Wind Ensemble and the Arvada Chorale enthusiastically perform this lusty work!


Candide Suite • Bernstein/Grundman

Carmina Burana • Orff/mas Quiles