The Los Angeles Master Chorale on Sunday will perform Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana," controversial music that has amplified epic movie moments for decades. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) This ...

Carmina Burana ranks up there with Beethoven's Fifth as a perennial favorite among concert-goers. But Carl Orff's famous piece has inspired countless others to produce their own versions, from the ...

Naomi Wilkinson explores Orff's 'O fortuna' from Carmina Burana with beautiful animation. Fortune spins her wheel. Who will win, who will lose? Inspired by medieval literature, ‘O fortuna’ is one of ...

You don’t have to be a ballet buff to recognise the opening bars of Carmina Burana. Ominous and powerful, the music of O Fortuna – that opens and closes this ballet – has become instantly familiar ...

If there had to be just one musical signal that something epic is about to happen, it could easily be “O Fortuna” from Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana.” Its crashing drums and howling chorus have been ...

The wandering scholars and wayward monks who composed “Carmina Burana” would be surprised and pleased to hear how Carl Orff and his musical interpreters have treated their secular poem/songs on the ...

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To anyone concerned about dwindling audiences for classical music, it can only be heartening to see some 14,000 people streaming into the O2 Arena to hear one of the 20th century's most influential ...

This Sunday, the Los Angeles Master Chorale will fill the sails of Walt Disney Concert Hall with that stormy, earwormy cantata by Carl Orff: “Carmina Burana.” The chorale will be joined by an ...