FEATURE CONCERT OF THE FESTIVAL

“Carmina Burana”. Composer: Carl Orff

 

 

The concert will be held at the Augustine complex as the Grand Final of the Festival. 20th Feb 2016

Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana is probably the most frequently performed choral work of the 21st century.

“Carmina Burana” translates as “Songs Of Beuren”, and refers to a collection of early 13th-century songs and poems that was discovered in Beuren in 1803

The songs (over 1000 of them) were written in a mix of Latin, German and medieval French by the Goliards, a band of poet-musicians comprising scholars and clerical students, who celebrated with earthy humour the joys of the tavern, nature, love and lust. Although Orff set the original texts, he chose not to use the primitive musical notation that accompanied some of the songs.

Written between 1935 and 1936 for soloists, choruses and orchestra, it was originally conceived as a choreographed stage work. .

Requirements for the Festival concert: An orchestra of minimum 40 musicians with professional singers as soloists and a choir of min 80 members will be staged to perform this work at St. Augustine in Old Goa.