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 ...

Approximately 260 performers including 60 orchestra players, three vocal soloists, a passel of adult and college choristers and the Arkansas Symphony Children's Choir -- making its official debut -- ...

The Los Angeles Master Chorale on Sunday will perform Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana," controversial music that has amplified epic movie moments for decades. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) This ...

Lacy Mikrut, who teaches music at Meadowlark Elementary, wrote an essay earlier this year for a contest by the Kansas Orff Chapter, named in honor of Carl Orff, a German composer who outlined best ...

“Fun” isn’t a word often used to describe classical music, but then Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” isn’t your typical piece of classical music. The exuberant nature of the work made it a logical choice ...

Of all the musical one-hit wonders to emerge during the century just past, Carl Orff's may be the most striking case. He wrote voluminously (as well as concocting an elaborate pedagogical system), but ...

From the Disney film G-Force to the movie trailer from Paul Blart: Mall Cop...from Carlton Beer to Domino's Pizza. Decades of media appropriation have placed Carl Orff's O Fortuna opening to the ...

Carmina Burana, Carl Orff's monumental oratorio depicting life, love and lust in medieval times, takes the Jones Hall stage March 29-31 with an all-star cast of soloists, the Houston Symphony Chorus, ...

Independent Opera Company will present Carl Orff's opera DIE KLUGE, based on a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, with performances ...

José Luis Gomez will conduct his first ever “Carmina Burana” this weekend when his Tucson Symphony Orchestra mounts Carl Orff’s singular choral masterpiece. He blames it on timing. His former Italian ...