Carl Orff was a German composer who is now best known for his strange and massive choral work: Carmina Burana. Orff was born in Munich and began writing music when he was very young. By the age of ...
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 ...
Facing the basilica, the musicians perform the famous cantata "Carmina burana", twenty-four medieval poems set to music by Carl Orff between 1935 and 1936.