BSO/Classical New England — 2025/06/07

 From Tanglewood 2023:

https://www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-boston-symphony-orchestra/2023-06-08/carmina-burana-with-nelsons-and-the-bso-at-tanglewood

Saturday, June 7, 2025
8:00 PM

In an encore broadcast from the 2023 Tanglewood season, Erin Morley, Reginald Mobley, Will Liverman, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus bring you Orff’s bawdy and intimate Carmina Burana.

Andris Nelsons, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Will Liverman, baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
James Burton, conductor
Boston Children’s Chorus,
Emily Howe, conductor
Kenneth Griffith, music director

Ludwing Van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
Carl ORFF Carmina burana

This concert was originally broadcast on July 16th, 2023 and is no longer available on demand.

and

https://www.bso.org/events/bso-carmina-burana?performance=2023-07-16-14:30 

Tanglewood

Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox/Stockbridge, MA 

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Will Liverman, baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
 James Burton, conductor
Boston Children’s Chorus
 Emily Howe, conductor
 Kenneth Griffith, music director

BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
ORFF Carmina burana

Sung in Latin with English supertitles

The link to the program note for the Beethoven still works, but not the one for the Orff. Unfortuately this means that unless you can find the texts somewhere else, you won't know exactly what they're singing about, although you'll hear the music.

The Beethoven is a staple of the repertoire, and deservedly so. I personally don't care much for the Orff piece, but clearly there are enough who do like it that it still gets played.