ST gEORGE’S CHURCH, 7.30PM

Gravesham Choral Society are thrilled to be performing this evening, the immensely popular CARMINA BURANA written by German composer Carl Orff in the 1930s.

TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE, SEE BELOW.

The choir are joined by soloists

Soprano Laure Meloy

Baritone Simon Thorpe

together with Malcolm Riley on organ & piano and Roger Harris on piano, a large array of percussion instruments and Ragazzi (children’s choir) from St Botolph’s C of E Primary School.

Laure and Simon will also be performing:

Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen from Die Tote Stadt by Korngold 

Quando m’en vo’ from La Bohème by Puccini

Holländer and Senta duet from Act 2 of The Flying Dutchman by Wagner.

Carmina Burana

You may well be familiar with the opening song O Fortuna, which has been used in countless television adverts and programmes from the classic Old Spice advert in the 1970s to The X Factor, such is its popularity. Carmina Burana, in its entirety, is packed with vitality, anger and the lusty enjoyment of life! The work comprises 24 medieval songs and poems written in ‘old’ Latin, German and French which were discovered in a Bavarian monastery in 1803, although the work is very much secular in nature. Orff adopted primitive rhythms and simple repeated melodies to create a passionate and exciting work that manages to be simultaneously strident and tender, chaotic and controlled.

Tickets are now available:

£12 for adults (£13 on the door) , £5 for 15’s and under & full time students (£6 on the door). Please CLICK HERE for tickets.