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11/8/10

University Chorus To Perform 'Carmina Burana'

CANTON - The scenic cantata Carmina Burana, by Carl Orff, will be performed by the University Chorus on Saturday, November 13, at 8 p.m. in Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall at St. Lawrence University. The event is open to the public, free of charge.

Originally conceived as a theater piece, the cantata takes its title from a manuscript collection of medieval poetry found in a Benedictine monastery in Bavaria. Orff set 24 of the poems to music, with themes covering a wide range of topics, as familiar in the 13th century as they are in the 21st century: the fickleness of fortune and wealth; the ephemeral nature of life; the joy of the return of spring; and the pleasures and perils of drinking, gluttony, gambling and lust.

Directed by Barry Torres, Carmina Burana will be performed in a two-piano and percussion arrangement. Pianists are Barbara Phillips-Farley and François Germain, from the Crane School of Music; vocal soloists are David Pittman-Jennings, baritone, and Jill Pearon, soprano, also of Crane, along with tenor Christopher Pfund. St. Lawrence percussion instructor and Crane senior Kyle Tupper leads five percussionists, and a chorus of Canton Middle School singers, students of Kimberly Bush, will also perform.

The University Chorus, Canton's community chorus, is sponsored by the St. Lawrence University music department. Membership in the chorus is drawn from the local community as well as faculty, staff and students of St. Lawrence.

For more information, call 315-229-5184.

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