Posts Tagged ‘Carl Orff’

Jun. 07 2012

Can flash mobs save classical music?

By Dyana Neal | Posted in Host Blogs | 2 Comments

Classical music fans are constantly searching for ways to introduce this wonderful art form to others. Those of us who make a living by writing, performing, teaching, or *ahem* playing the stuff on the radio tend to feel an extra sense of urgency – not only would we like to attract new fans, we want […]

Apr. 23 2012

Oh Four Tuna

By Dyana Neal | Posted in Host Blogs | Comments Off on Oh Four Tuna

Who among us has never misheard the lyrics to a piece of music & gotten a good laugh when we found out what the real words are? Some of us – myself included – also like to make up new lyrics to familiar tunes, not that we’d ever sing them in performance. Oh, no, singers […]

Mar. 27 2012

Tuesday 03/27/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra

By WBJC Programming | Posted in WBJC Evening Concert | Comments Off on Tuesday 03/27/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra

11:00 PM Conductor: Riccardo Muti CSO Chorus Smirnov: Space Odyssey (World Premiere) Haydn: Symphony No 89 in F Major Schubert: Symphony No 3 in D Major, D 200 Orff: Carmina Burana

Nov. 12 2011

Delicious Terror

By Kati Harrison | Posted in Vocalise | Comments Off on Delicious Terror

My mother’s favorite recording of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana is the 1960 performance with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. She fancies tenor Rudolf Petrak’s roasting swan. As a five year old this album cover elicited delicious terror in me and so did the music! As it played, I studied the cover shivering at the […]

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