Carl Orff’s famous cantata is a thrilling setting of secular poems written by the medieval monks of Burana, describing the joys of spring, dancing in the meadows, drinking in the tavern and bawdy love – all subject to the whims of Fortune (‘O Fortuna’), empress of the world.
Ana Beard Fernández soprano
Hugo Herman-Wilson baritone
Backbeat Percussion Ensemble
Nurry Lee piano
Marcus Sealy piano
Benedict Collins Rice conductor