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Orff鈥檚 spectacular twentieth-century choral masterpiece, Carmina Burana, remains irresistible to audiences with its boundless rhythmic energy and catchy tunes, powered by a massive orchestra and choir.

A collection of lusty writings from the thirteenth century proved an alluring subject for German composer Carl Orff, who turned their satirical commentary on all manner of fleshly pleasures, as well as the inevitably cruel turns of fortune, into a spectacular twentieth-century masterpiece. Powered by an elemental musical language, Carmina Burana gives voice to impatient young lovers, ribald merrymakers, a drunken abbot and even a roasting swan. Tonight, it鈥檚 all done with a knowing wink at good taste and a riot of primary colours from the 麻豆约拍 Concert Orchestra, soloists Fflur Wyn, Levy Sekgapane and Morgan Pearse and the combined forces of the choirs of Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham. Even Pieter Brueghel鈥檚 peasants couldn鈥檛 revel with more zest.

Fflur Wyn (soprano)
Levy Sekgapane (tenor)
Morgan Pearse (baritone)
Choirs of the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University
麻豆约拍 Concert Orchestra
George Jackson (conductor)

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