True Concord Voices & Orchestra closes its 2020-21 bubble season with Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana”. Live appearances this season have been socially distant.
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Nothing like a few trite songs about drinking and debauchery that make us forget the year that was.
True Concord Voices & Orchestra ends its spring “bubble” season this weekend with Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana,” a series of songs written by 13th century monks and the beauty of spring, the vertigo of love and a few melodies to toast to express.
“The lyrics and music of ‘Carmina Burana’ are full of hope, promises and revelations of love and spring emerging from a cold, dark winter,” said Eric Holtan, Music Director of True Concord. “This piece feels very timely as we look to a new dawn for humanity after a difficult year of pandemic. We all long for the renewal of relationships and activities we love, and ‘Carmina Burana’ speaks about it. “
The concert, which True Concord will play three times this weekend, will include the long-awaited encore from the famous baritone Hugh Russell, who made a career by singing “Carmina Burana”. It was last introduced when True Concord performed “Camina Burana” in 2015, when the professional ensemble performed under the name Tucson Chamber Artists.
“This is a guy who is essentially making a career out of that job,” said Holtan.
In addition to his 2015 Tucson performance, Russell has performed “Carmina Burana” more than 100 times, including with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia and Cleveland Orchestras and Symphonies, including San Francisco, Houston, Pittsburgh, Seattle and Toronto.
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