Its mix of love songs, laments and bawdy tales of the tavern were taken from a collection of 13th century songs, discovered by Orff in an English translation entitled Wine, Women and Song, the first of which, O fortuna, is affectionately known to millions as the theme tune for Old Spice aftershave! But the truth is, nothing else he wrote came even close to the extraordinary success of what turned out to be one of the most popular choral works of the past hundred years. So wrote Carl Orff to his publisher after the successful premiere of Carmina Burana in 1937. With Carmina Burana my collected works begin”. “Everything I have written to date, and which you have, unfortunately, published, can be destroyed. Rehearsal start time 3:00pm, Performance 7:30pmĬambridge Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
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