"The Sounds of Primitive Magic": Orff's "Carmina Burana"

Name: "The Sounds of Primitive Magic": Orff's "Carmina Burana"
Start: 2025-01-25T15:00:00-07:00
Location: Benaroya Hall

Schedule

Sat Jan 25 2025 at 03:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Benaroya Hall | Seattle, WA

• MORTON GOULD | Fanfare for Freedom
• VICTORIA POLEVA | Null (U.S. premiere)
• WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART | Concerto No. 4 in E-flat for • Horn and Orchestra, K. 495
Soloist | Mark Robbins, Horn
• CARL ORFF | Carmina Burana
Seattle Symphony Chorale, Joseph Crnko, director
Northwest Boychoir, Jacob Winkler, director
Soloist | Linda Tsatsanis, Soprano
Soloist | José Luis Muñoz, Countertenor
Soloist | TBA, Baritone
Premiered in 1937, Carl Orff’s “scenic cantata” Carmina Burana lost no time establishing itself as the most popular choral work of the 20th century. The Philharmonic’s much-anticipated 2020 Carmina had to be delayed due to COVID, and we are thrilled to finally be able to offer it to our audiences again, in a performance featuring three superb vocal soloists and two of the region’s finest choirs. Ukrainian composer Victoria Vita Polevá has cited her religious faith and “love of humanity” as principal inspirations for her creations. The Philharmonic celebrates this major contemporary composer with the U.S. premiere of her symphonic poem Null, a work of staggering power in which time seems to stand still. The program begins with Morton Gould’s stirring Fanfare for Freedom, and guest soloist Mark Robbins brings his glowing artistry to Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4.