Fortune spins her wheel. Who will win, who will lose? Inspired by medieval literature, ‘O fortuna’ is one of the most famous choral pieces in the world. The piece gives us a chance to meet Fortuna, ...

Carl Orff brings the Middle Ages into the modern era with Carmina Burana, one of the best-loved choral works of the 20th century, and an exuberant celebration of the power of music’s simplest yet most ...

Whether you know it as the great choral number from Carmina Burana or simply as The X Factor song, most of us have heard the magnificent ‘O Fortuna’. But what is the choir actually singing about? ‘O ...

Carl Orff (1895-1982) must be counted one of the most successful of twentieth- century composers. Carmina Burana is performed every day of the year and Schulwerk (Schoolwork), his method for teaching ...

Cincinnati Ballet will perform 'Carmina Burana' at Music Hall Nov. 4-6. You probably don’t know the composer. Or the name of the music. But I guarantee that you have heard Carl Orff’s “O Fortuna” ...

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 ...

Tony Palmer film explores the life and work of Carl Orff, the unknown Nazi composer of one of the world's most popular classical pieces, Carmina Burana. Carl Orff, the German composer of Carmina ...

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 ...

If you’re a child of the 1970s, it may well have been the Old Spice advert. If you hail from a younger generation, it will almost certainly be The X Factor. Or maybe you remember its regular comical ...