Chichester Psalms
8:00 pm
Saturday, March 17, 2018
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Orpheum Theatre
Vancouver, Canada
Bramwell Tovey, conductor; Tracy Dahl, soprano; James Westman, baritone; Benjamin Butterfield, tenor; Langley Fine Arts School Choir; UBC University Singers & Choral Union
Drinking, gambling, gluttony, lust, the fleeting nature of fortune and wealth, the joy of Springtime, love; Carmina Burana has it all. Carl Orff set to music twenty-four texts from the medieval manuscript of courtly poetry and dramatic writings collectively known as Carmina Burana – and what astonishing music it is! Juxtaposed against the liturgical beauty of biblical psalms in their original Hebrew set to music by Leonard Bernstein, this extraordinary concert explores the sacred and the profane.
