Composers & Authors
Carl Orff

Carl Orff

born: 07/10/1895
died: 03/29/1982
nationality: Germany

Upcoming:

Carmina Burana
Conductor: Jaroslav Kyzlink
10/13/2008 | Janacek Theatre - Brno - Czech Republic

Die Kluge
Conductor: Lukas Beikircher
10/16/2008 | Staatstheater, Großes Haus - Darmstadt - Germany

News

10/08/2008

Carl Orff's Carmina Burana at the Boston Symphony Orchestra

The Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos perform Carl Orff's epic cantata Carmina Burana on November 6 in Boston's Symphony Hall. Joining the BSO in this grand production is the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, PALS Children's Chorus, and Sequentia: Ensemble ...

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02/20/2008

Orff for Youth Wind Orchestra & Amateur Ensembles

Carl Orff/Jay Bocook: Music from Carmina Burana. For Wind Band. This arrangement of the world hit 'O Fortuna' is meant for youth wind orchestra and amateur ensembles, enabling amateur orchestras to impressively perform Orff's masterpiece. To this end, only common wind instruments, ...

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11/08/2007

Classical Musical Themes Go Jazz

Korn: Classics Meets Jazz. This volume contains a wide selection of famous musical themes from Bach to Carl Orff. Some of them were originally written for the piano; most have had their scores carefully arranged to make them easy to play on the piano. Each piece is followed with a jazz interpretation, ...

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10/15/2007

Work of the Week - Carl Orff: Trionfo di Afrodite

On 21 October the Compañia Nacional de Danza México will present a new production of Carl Orff's Trionfo de Afodite at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City with choreographer Mark Godden.  It will be the first performance of a work by Carl ...

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06/14/2007

schott aktuell - the journal 4/2007 online

  Download complete issue (PDF 1.2 MB)   Summer Music Festivals Issue Contents: p. 2-5: Schott Composers at Summer Music Festivals, Carl Orff - Herbert Willi - Krzysztof Penderecki - Heinz Holliger ...

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05/21/2007

Work of the Week - Carl Orff: Tanzende Faune

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04/26/2007

French Summit with "Carmina Burana"

To mark an extraordinary anniversary, the Orchestre de Douai – Région Nord-Pas de Calais will give its audience a special kind of present: 400 musicians, apart from the orchestra of the Choeur Régional Nord-Pas de Calais, the Choeur des mineurs polonaise and other regional choirs, ...

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11/08/2006

Orff's Classic Tragedies in Darmstadt

Early in December, the Darmstadt State Theatre stages two operas by Carl Orff as part of its cross-season series 'The Greeks – our Origins': Oedipus der Tyrann is premiered on 2 December, Antigonae on 3 December in the re-opened theatre. ...

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08/16/2006

schott aktuell 5/2006 online

    Download full issue (1.8 MB)   Contents:  p. 2-4: World premières, Chaya Czernowin: Pilgerfahrten - Stefan Heucke: Das Frauenorchester von Auschwitz - Rodion Shchedrin: Boyarina ...

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