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The BSO

Carmina burana

Carl Orff

Born in Munich, Germany, July 10, 1895;
died in Munich, March 29, 1982

Is there any music that grabs us from the
very first chord with the sheer visceral
force of Carl Orff’s Carmina burana?
Issuing fortissimo from the depths of the
orches