Prairie Performances

Carmina Burana

 
Munich Hall of Fame: Composer Carl Orff (installed in 2009)

Munich Hall of Fame: Composer Carl Orff (installed in 2009) Rufus46, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

This week on Prairie Performances at 7 pm on Friday on WILL-FM, the Eastern Illinois Symphony and Choral Union join forces in Carl Orff’s scenic cantata “Carmina Burana.” Based on 24 poems found in a medieval collection of the same name, this is Orff’s best known work.

Carmina Burana with the Eastern Illinois Symphony and soloists: soprano, Desiree Hassler; baritone, Timothy Renner; and tenor, Seth Killen;  Richard Robert Rossi, conductor heard on Prairie Performances this Friday at & PM on WILL-FM, Urbana.

Carmina Burana (4/21/13)
Eastern Symphony and Choral Union
Charleston High School Advanced Chorus
Charleston Middle School and Special Guests
Lakeland College Community Choir

Soloists:
Desiree Hassler, soprano
Timothy Renner, baritone
Seth Killen, tenor
Richard Robert Rossi, conductor