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With the ferocious roar of its unforgettable opening, Carl Orff's exhilarating Carmina Burana has become a cultural phenomenon, arresting audiences with its bawdy celebration of life, love, and renewal. Opening the program is Hindemith's Mathis der Maler Symphony, its three movements inspired by paintings from Matthais Grünewald’s Isenheim altarpiece.
Paul Hindemith: Mathis der Maler: Symphony
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Leo Hussain, Conductor
TBA, Soloists
Portland State University Choirs
Pacific Youth Choir
Oregon Symphony
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Music Director Laureate Carlos Kalmar leads a program exploring the invincibility of the human spirit. Strauss's songs of farewell, with their radiant lyricism, offer hope and solace in the autumn of life, while Nielsen's thrilling Fourth Symphony looks to transcend the anguish of World War I, culminating in a spectacular duel for two timpanists.
