From the Archive: Carmina Burana

On tonight's archive episode of Prairie Performances, you can hear Carl Orff's stunning cantata, Carmina Burana as performed by the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra. Composed in 1935 and 1936, the work borrows texts from a medieval manuscript of the same name. While the content of the text varies widely, Orff identifies the turning tides of Fate as a recurring theme, perhaps best illustrated in the opening movement “O Fortuna.” 

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