EXCERPTS FROM "CARMINA BURANA" A SCENIC CANTATA BASED ON 24 POEMS FOUND IN THE COLLECTION "CARMINA BURANA" FROM THE LATE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY RENAISSANCE PERIOD. WRITTEN BY CARL ORFF 1935 - 1936. PERFORMED BY THE CAL POLY SYMPHONIC BAND MY SENIOR TEAR.
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Story behind the song
Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff between 1935 and 1936. It is based on 24 of the poems found in the late medieval early renaissance 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 magic images.") Carmina Burana is part of Trionfi, the musical triptych that also includes the cantata Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite. The best-known movement is "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (O Fortuna)" that opens and closes the piece.