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The San Francisco Symphony Chorus is the resident Chorus of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS). ... 1992 Orff: Carmina Burana; 1995 Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem;
Carmina Burana is a cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana.Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis ("Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images").
San Francisco Symphony & Chorus / Herbert Blomstedt – Carl Orff: Carmina Burana (1991), winner of 1992 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance; We're On Our Way (2000) Moving On (2003) It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2009) The San Francisco Boys Chorus Sings Vivaldi (2009) The San Francisco Boys Chorus Sings Fauré and Messager (2010)
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"O Fortuna" is a movement in Carl Orff's 1935–36 cantata Carmina Burana. It begins the opening and closing sections, both titled "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi". The cantata is based on a medieval Goliardic poetry collection of the same name, from which the poem "O Fortuna" provides the words sung in the movement. It was well-received during its ...
After Hertz's retirement in 1930, two conductors, Basil Cameron and Issay Dobrowen, jointly headed the orchestra.During the Great Depression, the Symphony's existence was threatened by bankruptcy and the 1934–35 season was cancelled; the people of San Francisco passed a bond measure to provide public financing and ensure the organization's continued existence.
Mar. 18—You won't have to wait around long to hear a familiar tune in Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana." In fact, the opening notes form one of the most recognizable musical sound bites in existence.
Orff's Carmina Burana has become a signature piece for Gordin, who has performed the work numerous times. Maestro Michael Morgan of the Oakland Symphony stated that Gordin is "the ideal baritone for Carmina Burana...this is the best singing of the high, sensual music that I have ever heard. This is as good a rendering of those solos as one is ...