Monday, June 6, 2011

CARMINA BURANA

DANIEL EARL DIRECTED THE SANTA ROSA SYMPHONIC CHORUS DRESS REHEARSAL LAST WEEKEND. IT CONSISTED OF ABOUT 60 SINGERS AND ABOUT 15 CHILDREN SINGERS. THEY ALSO HAD SOME SOLOISTS AND DANCERS AS ENTERTAINMENT IN THE GLASER CENTER. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND AS THE SONGS WERE SUNG IN GERMAN AND ITALIAN. THIS IS CARL ORFF'S MASTERPIECE THAT WAS CONCEIVED IN THE MEDIEVAL TIMES WITH SLIDES GIVING SOME ARTISTIC MEDIEVAL FLAVOR.

THERE ALSO WERE SPEAKERS READING DRAMATIC STORIES. THEY HAD TWO PIANISTS ABOUT THREE DRUMMERS AND ONE PERSON PLAYING CYMBALS. IT WAS QUITE ENTERTAINING.

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