Carmina Burana

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Trondheim Symfoniorkester & Opera’s 2019 concert pairs two landmark 20th‑century works: Ravel’s refined Le Tombeau de Couperin and Orff’s visceral Carmina Burana. Presented as a Mat & Musikk (Food & Music) evening, the program is designed as a full concert experience built around vivid, high‑impact music-making. A defining feature is the sheer choral scale: 293 singers join forces to realize Orff’s demanding score. The vocal forces combine Trondheim Vokalensemble and TSO-koret with student choirs from five regional upper secondary schools—Trondheim Katedralskole, Heimdal, Orkanger, Inderøy, and Ole Vig—under the baton of conductor Gregor Bühl. Artistically, the evening bridges two distinct musical worlds in the decades around World War I: Ravel’s 1919 orchestral suite evokes French Baroque spirit while honoring friends lost in the war, while Orff’s 1936 masterpiece embraces driving rhythms, direct melodies, and medieval secular texts discovered in a Bavarian monastery.