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Prom 17: Carmina Burana (27.07.23)

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: the City of Birmingham Symphony and Choruses are conducted by Kazuki Yamada in Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms and Orff's Carmina burana.

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: the City of Birmingham Symphony and Choruses are conducted by Kazuki Yamada in Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms and Orff's Carmina burana.

Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

interval at c.8 pm
For the first part of his professional life Munich-born Carl Orff, early music pioneer and music educator, was not a terribly successful composer. But between 1932 and 1944 his income increased nearly tenfold and his greatest hit, the 1937 Carmina burana, came at a time when many of Germany's most celebrated composers and musicians had fled the Nazi regime. Erik Levi, author of the definitive 'Music in the Third Reich', explores Orff's sometimes controversial career in conversation with Martin Handley. Plus, Keelan Carew shares his first clutch of Proms highlights, all available to hear on 91Èȱ¬ Sounds.

c.8.25 pm
Carl Orff: Carmina burana - cantiones profanae for soloists, chorus and orchestra

Maki Mori - Soprano
Matthias Rexroth - Countertenor
Germán Olvera - Baritone
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Youth Chorus and Children's Choir
University of Birmingham Voices
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada - Conductor

Experience the awe-inspiring power of a full orchestra with massed choir and operatic soloists. Sacred and secular collide in a Prom that unites two choral classics: Symphony of Psalms by Igor Stravinsky and Carl Orff’s Carmina burana. The former offers music steeped in classical tradition yet interpreted with a fresh perspective, while the latter – with its famous ‘O Fortuna!’ opening – is an extravagant musical celebration of springtime, youth, wine and sex.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony Of Psalms

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada. Choir: CBSO Youth Chorus. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Choir: Birmingham University Voices.
  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Choir: CBSO Youth Chorus. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Choir: University of Birmingham Voices. Performer: Maki Mori. Performer: Matthias Rexroth. Performer: Germán Olvera. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cinq Morceaux de fantaisie op 3

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Tharaud Plays Rachmaninov.
    • ERATO.
    • 004.
  • Ravi Shankar

    Swara-kakali (Rag tilang)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Gaurav Mazumdar. Performer: Asok Chakraborty. Performer: Gilda Sebastian.
    • Ravel/Falla/Schnittke/Bartok/Shankar: East meets West: Daniel Hope.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 18.

Broadcast

  • Thu 27 Jul 2023 19:30

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