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Carl Orff’s *Carmina Burana* utilizes rediscovered 13th-century German poems and plays to create a powerful orchestral and choral work. The composition is noted for its intense dramatic impact, particularly the iconic “O Fortuna” chorus. It remains a staple of classical performance and education, fr...
Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff and first performed in 1937. It sets 24 secular poems from a medieval manuscript known as the Codex Buranus, using texts primarily in Latin, with passages in Middle High German and Old French. Written for vocal soloists, chorus, children's cho...
De Temporum Fine Comoedia is an oratorio and stage work by German composer Carl Orff, completed late in his career and first performed at the Salzburg Festival in 1973. Its title means A Play at the End of Time, and the work treats the end of the world and the judgment of humanity through large chor...
