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| 69th ANNUAL WINTER CONCERT |
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held Saturday, December 19, 2009
Colden Auditorium, Queens College
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| featuring Carl Orff's Carmina Burana |
James John
Music Director |
In collaboration with the Queens College
Department of Drama, Theater and Dance,
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| The Queens College Choral Society will be presenting Orff's popular work in collaboration with dancers from the Queens College Department of Drama, Theater and Dance as well as to highlight Orff's original dramatic concept (which he called "Theatrum Mundi"), combining music with movement and stage action.
Orff selected texts from Carmina Burana, a collection of over two hundred poems preserved in a 13th century manuscript, and organized them to paint five scenes: "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi" (Fortune, Empress of the World), "Primo vere" (In Spring), "In Taberna" (In the Tavern), "Cour d'amours" (Court of Love) and "Blanziflor et Helena" (Blanchefleur and Helen). The overall structure is based on the idea of the turning Wheel of Fortune. The original manuscripts feature a drawing of the wheel with four phrases: "Regnabo" (I shall reign), "Regno" (I reign/I am reigning), "Regnavi" (I have reigned), "Sum sine regno" (I am without a kingdom). Thus the dramatic impact of Orff's exceptionally famous opening movement ("O Fortuna") is the perfect frame for a work moving through the pathways of life from joy to bitterness, hope to grief, and finally to love.
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| 69th ANNUAL SPRING CONCERT |
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Saturday, May 15, 2010, 8 p.m.
Colden Auditorium, Queens College
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Brahms's Tragic Overture,Nänie |
| Brahms's Tragic Overture and short choral-orchestral work Nänie were completed within eighteen months of the death of the artist Anselm Feuerbach, whose paintings Brahms admired deeply. Nänie is a Requiem "in miniature" dedicated to Feuerbach's memory, describing art's power to provide consolation in the face of loss, making a poignant complement to Mozart's powerful plea for salvation. |
| Mozart's Requiem |
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James John, Music Director
with the Queens College Orchestra |
Tickets at $20 and $18 ($5 for students with valid QCID) are available through
Kupferberg Center Box Office, 718-793-8080, or online at
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