Carmina Burana
I went to see a rendition of Carmina Burana by Carl Orff at Benaroya Hall, the home of the Seattle Symphony.
The orchestra started off with Igor Stravinksy’s Firebird Suite before playing Carmina Burana. The former was good, the latter was excellent. The concert hall had superb acoustics, even in the cheap seats. Of course it turned out that I had heard parts of it before, but until now hadn’t ever realized what the original composition was. The opening was very similar to Vangelis’ 1492.
The choir was about 275 person strong. Somehow I’ve always liked performances with vocals better than pure instrumentals. All in all, a good use of a saturday afternoon. I’m happy I arrived in Seattle in time to catch the tail end of the classical music season.
Next: Lohengrin at the Seattle Opera.
Posted on July 12th, 2004 under Music • 
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