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Carmina burana

Mar 16-18, 2023
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Overview

Carl Orff’s choral celebration of love, lust and youthful excess in medieval times is as iconic as ever — at once gloriously bawdy and touchingly beautiful. Rautavaara’s ethereal “concerto for birds and orchestra” features bird calls recorded in arctic Finland. Banner, by CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery, is a vibrant rhapsody on The Star-Spangled Banner.

 

Program
Montgomery

Banner

Rautavaara

Cantus Arcticus

Orff

Carmina burana

Performers
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä
Conductor
Joélle Harvey
Soprano
Reginald Mobley
Countertenor
Hugh Russell
Baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Jenny Wong
Guest chorus director
Uniting Voices Chicago
Vocal ensemble
Josephine Lee
Artistic director, Uniting Voices Chicago

Extras

Preconcert Conversation

Explore the music in the free preconcert conversation featuring Stephen Alltop in Orchestra Hall 75 minutes before the performance. The conversation will last approximately 30 minutes. No additional tickets are needed.

Sponsors

The appearance of the Chicago Symphony Chorus has been made possible by a generous gift from The Grainger Foundation.

The appearances of Joélle Harvey, Reginald Mobley and Hugh Russell are made possible by the Grainger Fund for Excellence.

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