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<link>http://g1b2i3.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/pentru-mirelacu-drag/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Der gebratene Schwan]]></title>
<link>http://napalmnews.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/der-gebratene-schwan/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Gibt es nicht? Doch, gibt es! Dem Hausherrn war zumute nach Latein und Mittelhochdeutsch, mit einem ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Gibt es nicht? Doch, gibt es! Dem Hausherrn war zumute nach Latein und Mittelhochdeutsch, mit einem Wort: Nach orffschen Klängen! Und hier sind sie in Form der szenischen Kantate, die „Beurer Gesänge“, die &#8220;Carmina Burana&#8221;<em> </em>von Carl Orff (* 1895 + 1982). Eines der bekanntesten und meist gespielten Chorwerke des 20. Jahrhunderts. Und der gebratene Schwan? Das ist das zwölfte Lied „Cignus ustus cantat“ – in der vorliegenden Gesamtaufnahme also bei 34&#8242;53&#8221; … da ist der gebratene Schwan. Der hat mich immer am meisten beeindruckt, es lohnt sich den Text dazu zu lesen, der <a href="http://www.akkordeon-orchester-baltmannsweiler.de/Noten/carminatext.htm#Deutsche Übersetzung" target="_blank">hier</a> zu finden ist. In Latein und, darunter, in Mittelhochdeutsch. „dentes frendentes video &#8211; Sehe bleckende Zähne um mich her“, wer hat sich noch nicht als gebratener Schwan gefühlt? Btw.: Die Sopranistin singt wie ein Engel(!!), vor allem im &#8220;Dulcissime&#8221; ab 1h02&#8242;06&#8221; &#8211; das folgende Finale ist einfach grandios!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Byte. CONCERT LA CLUJ. 2009. noiembrie 27. Carmina Burana]]></title>
<link>http://clickzoombytes.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/byte-concert-la-cluj-2009-noiembrie-27-carmina-burana/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>clickzoombytes</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Vineri 27 noiembrie Opera Naţională Română orele 18.30 &#8230; Carl Orff Carmina Burana &#8230; Sear]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-7857" title="Carmina Burana" src="http://clickzoombytes.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/opera-2711.jpg?w=250" alt="Carmina Burana" width="271" height="189" />Vineri 27 noiembrie</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Opera Naţională Română</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">orele 18.30</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">&#8230;</span></p>
<h3 style="text-align:center;">Carl Orff</h3>
<h2 style="text-align:center;">Carmina Burana</h2>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">&#8230;</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Seară de balet</p>
<p>Balerina Mayura Misawa – debut</p>
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<p>Scenariul de balet Adrian Mureşan</p>
<p>ADRIAN MUREŞAN                                      - Coregrafia şi regia artistică</p>
<p>ROLAND PODAR, MIHAI MÂNDRUŢIU &#8211; Asistenţi coregrafia</p>
<p>ANDREI ŞCHIOPU                                         - Scenografia</p>
<p>MAYURA MISAWA              &#8211; Nobila fecioară</p>
<p>LUCIAN BACOIU                 &#8211; Poetul</p>
<p>MARIUS TODA                     &#8211; Abatele din Cuca</p>
<p>ANA-MARIA BOANCĂ        &#8211; Lebăda</p>
<p>DANIELA DRĂGUŞIN          &#8211; Ţărăncuţa</p>
<p>VALENTIN MIHĂILĂ           &#8211; Un tânăr</p>
<p>Spectacolul se termină la ora 19.30</p>
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<title><![CDATA[carmina burana]]></title>
<link>http://ahanbesol.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/carmina-burana/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mostra de Documentários]]></title>
<link>http://arquivologo.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/mostra-de-documentarios/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>arquivologo</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Mostra de Documentários  Vida e Obra de Compositores Alemães Introdução: Paulo Rios Filho Data: 25.1]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial;">M</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:Arial;">ostra de Documentários <br />
<strong><span style="font-size:medium;font-family:Arial;">Vida e Obra de Compositores Alemães</span></strong></span></strong></p>
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<p>Introdução: Paulo Rios Filho</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Data: 25.11.2009 –</strong><em> </em>Biblioteca do Goethe-Institut <br />
<strong>Filme:</strong><strong><em> Carmina Burana<br />
</em> Duração:</strong><em> </em>63 minutos<br />
<strong>Realização:</strong> Jean-Pierre Ponelle<br />
<strong>Direção:</strong><em> </em>Kurt Eichhorn<br />
<strong>Intérpretes:</strong> Lucia Popp, John van Kesteren, Hermann Prey, Coro da Rádio da Baviera e Coro Infantil Bad Tölz , Orquestra da Rádio de Munique<em><strong>.</strong></em>   Ano: 1975.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Carmina Burana:</strong>  Carmina Burana é uma antologia de mais de 250 cantigas criadas no século 11 e 12 em latim e, mais raramente, em dialetos alemães ou franceses. Trata-se da mais conhecida coleção de cantigas profanas desse tipo e também, de modo geral, de uma das mais importantes dessas coleções a serem transmitidas. A antologia foi descoberta na ocasião da secularização do convento Benediktbeuren, na Alta Baviera, em 1803.  No entanto, não se conhece com certeza o lugar da sua criação, nem a identidade da maioria dos seus autores. Enquanto os primeiros pesquisadores presumiram a antologia ter sido escrita no convento em que foi descoberta, afirma-se hoje a criação num lugar no sul da região do dialeto bávaro. As cantigas cobrem uma grande variedade de assuntos: a sociedade, a alegria da primavera, o amor e a dura sorte dos seres humanos, mas também a festa, o álcool, os jogos e a sexualidade.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Interpretação de Carl Orff:   </strong>A versão musical da Carmina Burana que Carl Orff criou nos anos 1930 viria a fazer parte das mais populares composições de música clássica de atmosfera séria do século 20. O que Orff <a href="http://arquivologo.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/image003.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-522" title="image003" src="http://arquivologo.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/image003.jpg" alt="" width="289" height="370" /></a>compôs era uma música completamente nova. Hoje, as pesquisas tentando reconstruir as melodias medievais originais já resultaram em vários novos conhecimentos sobre essa música. Mas na época de Orff, esse tipo de música era menos conhecido, ainda que ele fizesse esforços para manter uma certa proximidade das características conhecidas nessa época. A mais conhecida dessas composições é “O Fortuna”, cujo assunto é a parábola antiga da roda da fortuna – uma roda girando sem fim, trazendo mudança constante e instabilidade à sorte dos homens.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[&iquest;Por qu&eacute; se celebra Halloween?]]></title>
<link>http://sinalefa2.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/por-qu-se-celebra-halloween/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sinalefa</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[En Halloween los niños y jóvenes se disfrazan para la ocasión y pasean por las calles pidiendo dulce]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Carl Orff - "O Fortuna" from "Carmina Burana" (1936)]]></title>
<link>http://msotd.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/carl-orff-o-fortuna-from-carmina-burana-1936/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>msotd</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;O Fortuna&#8221; is the first part of the movement of Carl Orff&#8217;s &#8220;Carmina Burana]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;O Fortuna&#8221; is the first part of the movement of Carl Orff&#8217;s &#8220;Carmina Burana&#8221;, though the bits of the rest of the &#8220;Carmina Burana&#8221; I have heard are hardly as intense.  The lyrics are actually a medieval Latin poem and if you <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Fortuna">read the full translation to English, the song is actually quite profound in its review of &#8220;Fate&#8221;</a>.  Here is one part:</p>
<p><em>Fate<br />
-monstrous and empty,<br />
you whirling wheel,<br />
stand malevolent,<br />
well-being is vain<br />
and always fades to nothing</em></p>
<p>With such weight and darkness I am adding it to my <a href="http://msotd.wordpress.com/halloween-songs/">Halloween playlist</a>.</p>
<p>Really the song is so powerful it is a pity it has been <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Orff's_O_Fortuna_in_popular_culture">grossly overused and abused by commercial media and popular culture</a>. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIlEv34dKVI">Gatorade? Really? Boo! I say. Boo!!!</a>  </p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3GH7Pn_eA">Now Carlton Draught beer</a> &#8230; maybe I&#8217;ll cut you some slack.  But only because the men are all in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:46-aspetti_di_vita_quotidiana_discrezione_Taccuino_Sanitatis_detail2..jpg">medieval style gowns</a> in a giant valley, and it appears as though there might actually be a battle.  However part of me is disappointed about the lyrics.  It just cheapens the original, though I suppose it is funny.  Ok, I forgive you, but only because I like beer!</p>
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<p><strong>Song Recommendations</strong></p>
<p>If you like this song, I also suggest:</p>
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<li><a href="http://msotd.wordpress.com/tag/coraline">Bruno Coulais &#8211; &#8220;Coraline Soundtrack&#8221;</a></li>
<li><a href="http://msotd.wordpress.com/tag/steve-sharples">Steve Sharples &#8211; &#8220;Bolero (Closing Credits to Moulin Rouge)&#8221;</a></li>
<li><a href="http://msotd.wordpress.com/tag/night-on-bald-mountain">Leopold Stokowski &#8211; &#8220;Night on Bald Mountain&#8221;</a></li>
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<p>I also suggest the music genre:</p>
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<li><a href="http://msotd.wordpress.com/tag/classical">Classical</a></li>
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<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Orff">Click here for more info on <strong>Carl Orff &#8211; Carmina Burana &#8211; Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi &#8211; &#8220;O Fortuna&#8221;</strong>.</a></p>
<p>The MP3 (of the version by Leonard Slatkin with Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, which I believe is the same one as above) may be purchased <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00138I6T0?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=mysoofthda-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B00138I6T0">here: <br /><div id="attachment_2633" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 167px"><img src="http://msotd.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/carl_orff-carmina_burana-leonard_slatkin.jpg" alt="Carl Orff - Carmina Burana" title="carl_orff-carmina_burana-leonard_slatkin" width="157" height="160" class="size-full wp-image-2633" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Carl Orff - Carmina Burana</p></div></a> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[I love a good marimba]]></title>
<link>http://iwillifyouwill.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/i-love-a-good-marimba/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mimi</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; Carl Orff - Gassenhauer Vampire Weekend - Horchata]]></description>
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<p><strong>Vampire Weekend -</strong> <a href="https://www.opendrive.com/files?5658116_ZJzBh" target="_blank">Horchata</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Catulli carmina]]></title>
<link>http://sophijski.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/catulli-carmina/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Borislav</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[THE CHORISTER&#8217;S COMPANION &#8216;Praelusio&#8217; to CATULLI CARMINA by Carl Orff (1895- ) Pre]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Just when you thought it could not get any more German...]]></title>
<link>http://aussiesingerinberlin.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/just-when-you-thought-it-could-not-get-any-more-german/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aussiesingerinberlin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Finally after being in Berlin for 2 weeks I have seen my first piece of Regietheater**.  For those n]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Finally after being in Berlin for 2 weeks I have seen my first piece of <strong>Regietheater**</strong>.  For those not aware of the term see the Wikipedia definition below, suffice it to say, in the context of this blog it is a shorthand way of saying: &#8220;Very weird production that, while featuring a lot of colour and movement and at times being highly entertaining, during which I really did not have a clue what was going on&#8221;.  </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The show in question was Carmina Burana, performed at the Deutsche Oper in a production by Friedrich Götz What follows is a detailed and fairly long-winded description (to those who know my story-telling, this will be unsurprising, but I just don&#8217;t want you to miss a moment of the production, after all I couldn&#8217;t!) </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The production begins simply enough with the curtain rising to the fantastic sounds of O Fortuna, played sumptuously by the Deutsche Oper orchestra and sung brilliantly by the chorus.  I am already smiling in anticipation of the massive wall of sound that is about to hit me in the centre of the third row of the audience as the orchestra pit rises-up on hydrolics, simultaneously with the curtain, lifting the orchestra almost to stage level.  In the centre of the stage a female dancer in a pale grey body suit (The Dancer) is bound by ropes, tied up for a sacrifice.  So far, so Carmina Burana.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The Dancer stuggles free from ropes, once freed she dances joyfully, finding pleasure in her freedom.  She stops and hides when the Baritone enters dressed in a white linen suit <em>(</em><em>is she an animal running from human contact or is she just embarrassed at having been caught dancing?)</em>. <em> </em>The Baritone, while singing, makes reference to a banner which contains pictures<em> (</em>a sun, a flower, a singing bird, two naked people making the shape of a letter F and an egg).  This lecture seems to liberate the Dancer to enjoy her dancing and her body.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The Baritone leaves and the Dancer is then joined by a Muscle-Bound Man in very high-cut fluoro green speedos<em> </em>and a fluoro green executioners mask <em>(at this point I suppressed the first of many spasms of giggles and brought myself back under control by musing on what his purpose was</em><em>).  </em>It seems his purpose was to walk around looking muscley.  His muscles and fetching green speedos encouraged the Dancer to find tins of paint in primary colours.  With these she enhances the features of her face and body, smearing paint on her eyebrows, breasts and buttocks &#8211; this does not seem to impress the  Muscle-Bound Man and he walks off.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Two people in egg costumes with phalluses on their heads then descend from the roof and swing suspended in the air, the Dancer swings with them for a while.  She then walks off stage <em>(probably to clean all the paint off her) </em>and the Eggs keep swinging.  Finally they leave the stage as well.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The Baritone then comes back on with the chorus and sings a drinking song<em> (I assume it was a drinking song as they had bottles of beer in their hands, but at this point I am not confident that anything was what it seemed).</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">After the Baritone falls down drunk another man (the Tenor) comes in looking like he may have stepped off a vintage plane, except that his helmet has a swan on it.  He sings the tenor aria about a swan dying in a fire while pictures of Leda and the Swan flash up on the screen behind him.  An Old Woman with very big breasts and a very big bottom comes in and gives the Baritone and Tenor some chicken drumsticks and puts lots of salt on them <em>(that is she salts </em><em>the drumsticks and the men, they also see fit to put some salt down their pants, I am not sure why?)</em>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The Male Chorus take pins and pop the breasts and bottom of the old woman &#8211; it turns out these appendages were only balloons and the Old Woman is the Dancer from before.  She is wearing sexy underwear and red stilletos under her old woman outfit and is then ganged raped by the Men&#8217;s Chorus.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">A chorus of children dressed as Parisian-Mime-Artists then enter the stage, they are carrying perspex boxes with dolls dressed in sexy underwear.  The entire Parisian-Mime-Artists-Children&#8217;s Chorus are pregnant <em>(I have no idea what they represent, but they sing very nicely). </em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Just when you think it could not get any more German a pair of bright red lips tipped on their side descends from the roof with a slit down through which the Soprano soloist enters wearing gold lamé and a very blonde wig.  <img style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border:0 initial initial;" title="ec_59886_03fae447cf56c3bf8d82d6e1a78c3fbe" src="http://aussiesingerinberlin.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/ec_59886_03fae447cf56c3bf8d82d6e1a78c3fbe.jpg?w=193" alt="ec_59886_03fae447cf56c3bf8d82d6e1a78c3fbe" width="193" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">This aperture is then used as an entrance for a grim reaper like scythe followed by a dancer in a skeleton costume,<em> (costuming note &#8211; the skeleton is not anatomically correct, there are no ribs but many circular bones in the chest area)</em>.  This dancer possibly represents death, so for clarity between describing the two dancers I will call her Death <em>(although I admit, that I am now understanding very little of the production and she may not represent death at all).  </em></p>
<p>The Soprano seems to comfort the Dancer, then the Baritone enters takes off all his clothes and gets into a bath &#8211; I think this was meant to comfort the Dancer too.  The Dancer seems to be comforted and gives what can only be described as a lap dance to the Baritone <em>(he looked like he was very much enjoying his job at this point)</em>.  Two children enter at this time a Girl in a red party dress and a Boy with a hobby horse.  After rejecting his hobby horse twice the Girl gets on and rides off with the Boy <em>(no prizes for guessing the symbolism here)</em>.  The Dancer and Death have a little pas de deux here using the scythe as a dance barre.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The chorus has re-entered wearing corsets and feather boas over their black trousers and white shirts.  Everyone seems to be getting very friendly, including the Soprano, the Baritone, and the Dancer who has taken off almost all her clothes, but is still dancing very beautifully.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The Soprano gives the Dancer a cloak to put on and are joined by the Baritone.  They are then joined by the Muscle-Bound Man and Death.   They all hug and a large crown descends from the ceiling and encircles them all.  The Pregnant-Parisian-Mime Children&#8217;s Chorus enter sucking on giant multi-coloured lollipops and are joined by the Corset-Clad-Chorus, they sing the final reprise O Fortuna to end the piece.  The Eggs come back on and light a couple of flame throwers, adding a little fire-power to the final tableau.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">At this point I am happy to surrender to the fabulous waves of sound being created by chorus and orchestra and forget about what any of it might mean.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">For those of you wanting to do the same here is a little clip from youtube of O Fortuna (sadly not being performed by the DO chorus and orchestra, and more sadly without the visuals I experienced last night).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGbFBpP2sL0">O Fortuna, Carmina Burana</a></p>
<blockquote><p>**&#8221;<strong>Regietheater</strong> (<a style="text-decoration:none;color:#002bb8;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial;" title="German language" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language">German</a> for <em>director&#8217;s theater</em> or <em>producer&#8217;s theater</em>) is a term that refers to the modern practice of allowing a director (or producer) freedom in devising the way a given <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#002bb8;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial;" title="Opera" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera">opera</a> (or <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#002bb8;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:initial;background-position:initial initial;" title="Play (theatre)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_(theatre)">play</a>) is staged so that the composer&#8217;s original, specific stage directions (where supplied) can be changed, together with major elements of geographical location, chronological situation, casting and plot.&#8221; <em>Wikipedia</em></p></blockquote>
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<link>http://luca1710.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/carmina-burana/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>luca1710</dc:creator>
<guid>http://luca1710.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/carmina-burana/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Prodotto e specchio della cultura studentesca medievale (i clerici vagantes), i Carmina Burana sono ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Carl Orff: Carmina Burana]]></title>
<link>http://gdr2009.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/carl-orff-carmina-burana/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gdr2009</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gdr2009.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/carl-orff-carmina-burana/</guid>
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<link>http://paradalis.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/sonntagsstimmung/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>paradalis</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[That Just Happened!]]></title>
<link>http://jimsomerville.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/that-just-happened/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jim Somerville</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jimsomerville.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/that-just-happened/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I went to hear the Richmond Symphony perform Carl Orff&#8217;s Carmina Burana this afternoon.  It wa]]></description>
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<link>http://kmaemyers.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/impact/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kmmyers</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kmaemyers.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/impact/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dedicated to UofM University Singers director. I was going to drop Unversity Singers choir this seme]]></description>
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<p>I was going to drop Unversity Singers choir this semester.</p>
<p>I finally had a schedule that allowed me to do Jazz Singers, so I didn&#8217;t feel I needed to waste my time with another choir. Free time would be plentiful and one less class is always helpful. The drop of one credit would not impact me too deeply.<!--more--></p>
<p>On the second day of class I was certain that this would be my last day; I would tell Dr. Edwards I couldn&#8217;t fit it in and plus, I&#8217;m not a music major any longer. The first song we studied was &#8220;The Old Church&#8221; by Stephen Paulus, a warming tune, but nothing too spectacular in my eyes. The second song we studied was &#8220;O Fortuna&#8221; by Carl Orff, originally written for the 24-movement <em>Carmina Burana.</em> Dr. Edward explained that we had all heard this song in popular culture at some point in our lives. He was correct, but I never expected my connection.</p>
<p>&#8220;O Fortuna&#8221; is played during the beginning of Michael Jackson&#8217;s HIStory on Film Vol. 1 for the &#8220;Brace Yourself&#8221; teaser. I am still having trouble psychologically accepting his death. This song helps. I am not leaving choir.</p>
<p>This song and Dr. Edwards&#8217;s frequent encouragement are what keep me going. I never thought I was the person that needed to be reminded of why I love music, but I now accept that encouragement is healthy. It  is not a sign of weakness.</p>
<p>Photo Credit: <a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/350153344_54978aadd7.jpg">Heart</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The myth of Why]]></title>
<link>http://exuvia.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/an-island-of-sanity/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>exuvia</dc:creator>
<guid>http://exuvia.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/an-island-of-sanity/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The opportunity to &#8216;discover-decide&#8217; on why your soul is bleeding allows a person to mak]]></description>
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<p>The opportunity to &#8216;discover-decide&#8217; on <strong>why</strong> your soul is bleeding allows a person<em> </em>to make<strong> sense </strong>of the situation.</p>
<p>In this &#8216;discovering-deciding&#8217;, do we <em>lead</em>, as in <strong>creating a meaning</strong>, or do we <em>follow</em> as in <strong>discovering</strong> <strong>a meaning</strong>?<strong> </strong>Both are <em>a posteriori</em>; events have already occurred. Now it is a matter of who gets to say <strong><em>why</em> things have happened; </strong>I or destiny?</p>
<p>Which of the two paths to peace we take is of no functional importance in assisted mental metabolism or therapy; psychology does not reach out to the soul, it is about helping a mind in anguish.</p>
<p>When you carry a burden, meaning is helpful, whether you <em>make it</em> up or<em> find it.</em></p>
<p>I usually tell myself:  &#8220;I found it&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;O Fortune, like the moon</p>
<p>you are changeable,</p>
<p>ever waxing</p>
<p>and waning;</p>
<p>hateful life</p>
<p>first oppresses</p>
<p>and then soothes</p>
<p>as fancy takes it&#8221;</p>
<p>FROM: <em>O Fortuna &#8211; Carmina Burana – by Carl Orff</em></p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[First day at the University of Oslo]]></title>
<link>http://saftsuse.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/first-day-at-the-university-of-oslo/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>saftsuse</dc:creator>
<guid>http://saftsuse.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/first-day-at-the-university-of-oslo/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s the day I&#8217;ve been waiting for with mixed feelings. First day at the University o]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Today&#8217;s the day I&#8217;ve been waiting for with mixed feelings. First day at the University of Oslo. I&#8217;m at the humanities faculty, and I&#8217;m doing history.  To feed you with some information directly from Wikipedia: The <strong>University of Oslo</strong> (Norwegian: <span lang="no"><em>Universitetet i Oslo</em></span>, Latin: <span lang="la"><em>Universitas Osloensis</em></span>) was founded in 1811, and it is the oldest, largest and most prestigious university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. It is considered the only Norwegian world-class research university.</p>
<p>So, with this being a huge, huge university with just below 30 000 students, I was naturally quite worried and anxious. Would I find the right places? Would any of the people be any interesting? Would I know what to choose and what to do about the actual subjects I&#8217;m doing? I was instructed to go to the faculty of law, where we would all meet and find our &#8220;buddies&#8221; (the buddy system is to help us find our way around and get into the social aspects quickly). I didn&#8217;t get much sleep last night due to a storm that kept waking me up &#8211; and also due to nerves. Got up though, and found the meeting area okay. As I stood there looking confused, another confused girl walked up to me and asked me if this was the &#8220;brown area&#8221; &#8211; which it was. We ended up talking for quite some time, as we were both early. She wasn&#8217;t on my program, but it was good to talk to someone who was as nervous as me. As the ceremony was about to begin, I found my buddy group alright. Ended up standing next to a girl who I tried to think of something clever to say to, to start the conversation. The oportunity presented itself when we started moving, and it got rather chaotic and difficult to keep up with the rest of the group. I made a comment on that to her, and voila.</p>
<p>The ceremony itself was traditional. And with traditional comes slightly tideous and boring. But also good. As we stood there, they played Carl Orff&#8217;s &#8220;O, Fortuna&#8221; &#8211; which is a pretty powerful song. Very dramatic. There were many long speaches, and our legs were already tired from standing there several hours already. But it got to an end, eventually. Then we were off to campus, for a tour. Me and this girl lost the rest of the buddy group &#8211; I must say the &#8220;buddies&#8221; aren&#8217;t the best they could have been &#8211; but we knew where to go, roughly. As we started talking though, we realised that not only do we share a passion for Sigur Rós, Iceland, the same colours, the same categories of books and so much more, but we&#8217;re also neighbours. What is the chances of that? There was about 5000 people in that place, and I end up next to a girl who actually is pretty much the same as me. It was odd. Very odd.</p>
<p>Good to have someone else though, it&#8217;s difficult to be alone in these situations. As we were given the tour (which included walking up 10 floors of stairs. I thought I was gonna die when we reached 8), I felt a bit more calm, knowing where to go and what&#8217;s going on where (roughly anyways). At about 14.30, they wanted to have a beer &#8211; and that doesn&#8217;t interest me, or Ida, the girl who reminds me of me. We went home, and then we came back for the other ceremony at 18.00.. That was a charming ceremony, with a nice &#8220;pub-choir&#8221; who were full of energy. After that the idea was to go with the buddy group to Chateau Neuf, the &#8220;home&#8221; of the Norwegian Student Society. But neither of us felt up for standing in line for half an hour just to go inside and have a beer (I don&#8217;t even like beer&#8230;) &#8211; so we went to a coffee place instead. Much nicer. Talked for a bit there, but decided to go home after about 1.5 hours.</p>
<p>Now I&#8217;m here, feeling a bit at ease &#8211; but still fairly stressed out about choosing the right subjects etc. My first thingy starts at about 9 tomorrow morning, and the day&#8217;s pretty much fully booked until 1600. There will be a pub-to-pub round at night, but I won&#8217;t be going. At least I doubt I will. Not my thing at all. It&#8217;s Ida&#8217;s birthday tomorrow though, apparently. Mine&#8217;s on friday. Odd eh?!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[JUST LIFE &gt;&gt; Top 11 Driving Songs (...Because these go to 11.) :: ]]></title>
<link>http://davidedwardjohnson.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/just-life-top-11-driving-songs-because-i-go-up-to-11/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>davidedwardjohnson</dc:creator>
<guid>http://davidedwardjohnson.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/just-life-top-11-driving-songs-because-i-go-up-to-11/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I love to drive while playing music at seriously dangerous levels. This list has been kicking around]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I love to drive while playing music at seriously dangerous levels. This list has been kicking around in my head for a little while. Some will be obvious, but some may be unique to my annoyingly polyphonic musical tastes. Here it is, in order ::</p>
<blockquote><p>11 &#8211;&#62; <em>Red Barchetta</em> &#8230; Rush &#8230; This song is literally ABOUT the freedom of driving. &#8220;Wind in my hair, shifting and drifting.&#8221; One of my fave songs from my fave band after all of these years.</p>
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<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-959" title="z_1948_ferrari_166_MM_barchetta" src="http://davidedwardjohnson.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/z_1948_ferrari_166_mm_barchetta1.jpg?w=300" alt="z_1948_ferrari_166_MM_barchetta" width="300" height="201" /></p>
<p>10 &#8211;&#62; <em>99 Problems</em> &#8230; Jay-Z &#8230; Two words, Rick Rubin. Just badass rock-n-rap. Pure love at HIGH volumes.</p>
<p>9 &#8211;&#62; <em>Traveling Without Moving</em> &#8230; Jamiroquai &#8230; What could be better for this list than a song that starts with the sound of Jay Kay&#8217;s Lamborghini SE30 Jota. Acid jazz, FTW.</p>
<p>8 &#8211;&#62; <em>Waiting on Vassar</em> &#8230; David Grisman Quintet &#8230; Not all great driving songs are about exploding your head. This classic &#8220;newgrass&#8221; jam embodies the freedom of a windows down, warm breeze, pedal to the floor Saturday trip.</p>
<p>7 &#8211;&#62; <em>Pink Floyd</em> &#8230; One of These Days &#8230; Perfect for night driving. Those double-tracked bass guitars cut right through me.</p>
<p>6 &#8211;&#62; <em>Radar Love</em> &#8230; Golden Earring &#8230; How could a song with that pulse-driving beat and lyrics like &#8220;I&#8217;ve been drivin&#8217; all night, my hands wet on the wheel&#8221; NOT make this list?</p>
<p>5 &#8211;&#62; <em>Ghost Riders in the Sky</em> &#8230; The Outlaws &#8230; I&#8217;m thinking of the album version here. Stan Jones&#8217; 1948 story of a group of spectral cowboys has never lost it&#8217;s sense of cool.</p>
<p>4 &#8211;&#62; <em>Thieves</em> &#8230; Ministry &#8230; Driving industrial perfection. 20 years after its release (I know, depressing, right?), this song still sounds fresh to me. It never fails to make my blood pump and my heel heavy.</p>
<p>3 &#8211;&#62; <em>O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)</em> &#8230; Carl Orff &#8230; Many will remember the classic scene from the 1981 Arthurian masterpiece Excalibur featuring the Knights of the Round Table riding out to battle through a bloom blown grove. This is an amazing piece. It gives me chills every time.</p>
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<p>2 &#8211;&#62; <em>Kick Start My Heart</em> &#8230; Mötley Crüe &#8230; I have always been a huge fan of the Crüe. I love &#8216;em. This is flawless for driving from start to finish. From the opening guitar licks to Neil&#8217;s sailing vocals to the ridiculously over the top lyrics, this one is a shot of PURE adrenaline.</p>
<p>1 &#8211;&#62; <em>Immigrant Song</em> &#8230; Led Zeppelin &#8230; Holy. Crap. This. Is. Sweet. I know we&#8217;ve all heard it a MILLION times or more, but it remains at the top for me. Hammer of the Gods. &#8216;Nuff Said.</p></blockquote>
<p>There are SO MANY more I could have included, but this was the TOP 11. What makes your list?</p>
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<link>http://dosostenidomenor.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/carmina-burana-orff/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Álvaro Ojeda</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dosostenidomenor.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/carmina-burana-orff/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[El original Carmina Burana es una colección de cantos de los siglos XII y XIII, que se han conservad]]></description>
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<p>El original <em>Carmina Burana</em> es una colección de cantos de los siglos XII y XIII, que se han conservado en un único códice encontrado en 1803 por <em>Johann Christoph von Aretin</em> en la abadía de <em>Bura Sancti Benedicti</em> (<em>Benediktbeuern</em>) en <em>Baviera</em>. En el transcurso de la secularización llegaron a la Biblioteca Estatal de <em>Baviera </em>en <em>Munich </em>donde se conservan (Signatura: clm 4660/4660a).</p>
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<p>El término procede del latín <em>cármĕn carminis</em>, ‘canto’ o ‘cántico’ (no confundir con la palabra árabe carmén ‘jardín’), y burana es el adjetivo gentilicio que indica la procedencia: ‘<em>de Bura</em>’ (el nombre latino del pueblo alemán de <em>Benediktbeuern</em>). El significado del nombre es, por tanto, ‘<em>Canciones de Beuern</em>’.</p>
<p>Aunque generalmente se encuentra escrito <em>Carmina </em>(sin tilde, como en el original latín) se pronuncia /<em>kármina</em>/. Para evitar que un hispanohablante pronuncie erróneamente (lo cual sucede con mucha frecuencia entre músicos y locutores), la Real Academia Española sugiere que a las palabras latinas se les coloque la tilde (en casos como este en que la ortografía latina no coincide con la española).</p>
<p>El códice recoge un total de 300 rimas, escritas en su mayoría en latín (aunque no con metro clásico), algunas partes en un dialecto del germano antiguo medio, y del frances antiguo. En estos poemas se hace gala del gozo por vivir y del interés por los placeres terrenales, por el amor carnal y por el goce de la naturaleza, y con su crítica satírica a los estamentos sociales y ecleasiásticos, nos dan una visión contrapuesta a la que se desarrolló en los siglos XVIII y segunda parte del XIX acerca de la Edad Media como una “<em>época oscura</em>”.</p>
<p>En los <em>Carmina Burana</em> se satirizaba y se criticaba toda la sociedad en general, especialmente a las personas que ostentaban el poder en la corona y sobre todo en el clero. Las composiciones más características son las <em>Kontrafakturen </em>que imitan con su ritmo las letanías del Antiguo Evangelio para satirizar la decadencia de la curia romana, o para construir elogios al amor, al juego o, sobre todo, al vino, en la tradición de los cármina potoria.</p>
<p>La colección se encuentra dividida en 6 partes:</p>
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<li><em>Carmina ecclesiástica</em> (canciones sobre temas religiosos)</li>
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<li><em>Carmina moralia et satírica</em> (cantos morales y satíricos)</li>
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<li><em>Carmina amatoria</em> (canciones de amor)</li>
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<li><em>Carmina potoria</em> (contiene obras sobre la bebida, y también parodias)</li>
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<li><em>Ludi</em> (representaciones religiosas)</li>
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<li><em>Supplemantum </em>(versiones de todas las anteriores, con algunas variaciones)</li>
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<p><em>Carmina Burana</em> es una cantata escénica compuesta por el compositor alemán <em>Carl Orff </em>(1895-1982) entre 1935 y 1936, utilizando como texto algunos de los poemas medievales del <em>Carmina Burana</em> comentado con anterioridad.</p>
<p>La obra se compone principalmente de versos en latín aunque cuenta con fragmentos en alemán y provenzal antiguo (francés). Su fragmento más conocido es el <em>O Fortuna</em>, que constituye la primera parte del preludio y que se repite al final de la obra. <em>Orff </em>subtituló la composición: <em>Cantiones profánae cantóribus et choris cantándae comitántibus instrumentis atqüe imáginibus mágicis</em>.</p>
<p>La versión de <em>Orff </em>forma parte de una trilogía junto a <em>Catulli Carmina</em> y <em>El Triunfo de Afrodita</em>. En la cantata, además de la orquesta y coros, intervienen solistas (soprano, tenor y bajo), destacando su abundante y espléndida percusión.</p>
<p>De la colección completa de los <em>Carmina Burana</em>, <em>Orff </em>escogió 25 canciones y las ordenó de modo que pudieran ser representadas en un escenario. En cuanto a la música, se amoldó a la sencillez de los textos. Aproximadamente la mitad de las piezas son canciones cuya melodía se repite en cada estrofa casi sin variantes, limitándose algunas veces a realizar simples escalas mayores o menores.</p>
<p>La obra de <em>Orff </em>consta de una introducción, tres partes y un final.</p>
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<li>Introducción: <em>Fortuna imperatrix mundi</em></li>
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<li>Primera parte: <em>Primo vere &#8211; Ûf dem anger</em></li>
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<li>Segunda parte: <em>In taberna</em></li>
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<li>Tercera parte: <em>Cour d’amours &#8211; Blanziflour et Helena</em></li>
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<li>Final: <em>Fortuna imperatrix mundi</em></li>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Forse vi sarete anche un po’ rotti i coglioni delle mie sempre più perpetue recensioni musicali, ma ]]></description>
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<p>Forse vi sarete anche un po’ rotti i coglioni delle mie sempre più perpetue <a title="recensioni" href="http://jurgshouse.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/unoasis-nel-deserto/" target="_blank">recensioni musicali</a>, ma come vi ho detto mi sto sorbendo parecchia roba musicale ultimamente e se non ve ne sbatte nulla, passate semplicemente avanti. Ecco l’oggetto del discorso: i famosi e acclamati carmina burana. Ne parlo anche perché ho avuto occasione di fare parte di un coro con cui abbiamo portato in giro quest’opera. Io la trovo tremendamente pop. Ricordo, a chi non fosse informato, che i carmina burana non sono dei canti medievali, se non per il semplice basamento vagamente melodico. I carmina furono trovati agli inizi del ‘900 in un monastero di monaci tedeschi, il manoscritto fu poi affidate al compositore carl orff. Egli ne tirò fuori un’ottima opera pseudo classica, ma in realtà, nella mia visione dei fatti, non era altro che un antesignano dei più classici brani pop. Difatti i carmina, sono straordinariamente orecchiabili, a differenza di molta musica classica. Credo che dell’originale medievale siano rimasti solo i testi. Non per sputtanarlo, ma a sto punto mi viene da considerare orff un allevi del tempo, un “classico contemporaneo”!</p>
<p>See you soon, Jurg</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Carmina Burana kicks off 56th Split Summer Festival]]></title>
<link>http://viewfromtheriva.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/carmina-burana-kicks-off-56th-split-summer-festival/</link>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The Split Summer Festival is one of the oldest in Croatia and one of the most eagerly anticipated because it&#8217;s more than just a music festival like Dubrovnik&#8217;s, it&#8217;s drama, dance, ballet, opera and more.  Most of the venues are within Diocletian&#8217;s Palace itself.  The Palace basement is where a lot of drama takes place, the Peristil is often used for recitals and then the various squares around the Palace as well as the Mestrovic Kastelet, the scultpor&#8217;s summer home on the sea, near Marjan.</p>
<p>This year, the 56th, kicked off with Carl Orff&#8217;s majestic Carmina Burana. With a rich orchestral score and fabulous solo and choir parts, the Festival took a big risk in having celebrated choregrapher Youri Vamos turn it into a ballet as well.  As the opening night of the Festival, it was a bold choice and Republican Square was packed.</p>
<p>Vamos and the Split Ballet Company teamed up earlier this year with a stunning Romeo and Juliet that left me and Natasha speechless.  And having lived in Russia for almost a decade with lots of Bolshoi and other incredible performances under my belt, seeing these dancers do such incredible work was a revelation.</p>
<p>The prima ballerina, Monica Dinoni, a tiny wisp, and the principal male dancers&#8211;Artjom Zusov, Adjar Valejev, Filip Veverka, Remus Dimache and his brother Romulus were all in typical great form.  But Vamos&#8217; creativity was a bit lost in all the grand music.  Instead of the fluid, dynamic movement and exciting pas de deux of his Romeo and Juliet, the stage was full of dancers trying hard to make their arms and legs into weird shapes.  It reminded me of Kabuki theatre.  But it was forced and uneven and lacked clarity.  It was if Vamos was trying to get nuance out of every Orff note and it just didn&#8217;t work.  But the final third of the program was redemptive.  Instead of the forced hand and leg gesticulations, the grace and cleverness was back and it was a joy to watch.  The thrilling ending where male and female dancers ran with abandon from the wings and threw themselves into each others arms was gorgeous.</p>
<p>Also gorgeous was the incredible solo singing of the soprano Ivana Kladarin and Sveto Kumnenovic, the tenor and Joachim Seipp, a masterful baritone.  Kudos too to the children&#8217;s chorus and the rest of the choir.</p>
<p>Dramatically lit with reds and blues, the evening under the stars for the opening of Split&#8217;s 56th annual summer festival was perfect&#8230;but if Vamos wants to make Carmina Burana a ballet event for other company&#8217;s he needs to re-think the first two thirds.</p>
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<div id="attachment_112" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-112" href="http://viewfromtheriva.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/carmina-burana-kicks-off-56th-split-summer-festival/waiting-to-begin/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-112" title="waiting to begin" src="http://viewfromtheriva.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/waiting-to-begin.jpg?w=300" alt="The performance started at 9, which gave people time to find their seats while the light was still ok" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The performance started at 9, which gave people time to find their seats while the light was still ok</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[German Composer Carl Orff]]></title>
<link>http://cmlounge.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/german-composer-carl-orff/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Carl Orff, German composer and music educator, is born July 10 (1895), in Munich. Links: Brief biogr]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[«La prima coppa riguarda la sete, la seconda il buon umore, la terza il piacere dei sensi, la quarta]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">«La prima coppa riguarda la sete, la seconda il buon umore, la terza il piacere dei sensi, la quarta la follia». Lo scrittore latino Apuleio, nell’introdurre un brano sulle muse della sua <em>Florida</em>, cita questo detto filosofico, sorta di proto-<em>vademecum</em> per il consumo consapevole di <strong>vino</strong> a tavola. Soprassediamo sulla sete (troppo banale e poi può bastare l’acqua) e sulla follia (troppo pericolosa) e concentriamoci sui due stati mediani.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Che nel frutto della vite si nascondesse un “potere socializzante” fortissimo, capace di portare il buonumore all’interno di un gruppo, è cosa nota da secoli. Lo sapevano bene gli studenti del Duecento, che giravano le università europee e nei loro canti goliardici parlavano di piaceri, donne e – ovviamente – vino: non a caso uno dei <em>Carmina Burana </em>più famosi musicati da Carl Orff è <em>In taberna quando sumus</em>. Persino nella Bibbia, in cui non mancano dure critiche all’ubriachezza e ai suoi effetti, si dà gloria a Dio perché fa nascere le piante da cui si trae «vino che allieta il cuore dell’uomo» (salmo 104); del resto, la parola «vino» viene dal sanscrito <em>vena</em>, che significa «amare».</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>In bilico tra sensi e memoria. </strong>Tutto questo, però, non risponde alla domanda di base: perché si sta bene insieme attorno a una bottiglia di vino? Dà una risposta da esperto <strong>Massimo Zanichelli</strong>, giornalista con la passione del cinema e della buona tavola, con il cuore ben piantato nella Bassa reggiana: «Il vino è sensorialità, convivialità, produce ebbrezza, con conseguenti effetti di rilassamento e benessere psicofisico;  affina le percezioni dei sensi e non di rado spinge al recupero di analogie sensoriali legate a esperienze precedenti della nostra vita, spesso localizzate nell’infanzia o adolescenza: è insomma una vera e propria <em>madeleine</em> proustiana, capace di espandere ricordi ed emozioni».</p>
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<div id="attachment_323" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 305px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-323" title="massimo zanichelli" src="http://gamma83.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/massimo-zanichelli.jpg?w=295" alt="Massimo Zanichelli" width="295" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Massimo Zanichelli</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><!--more-->Se la memoria di Proust si attivava con dolcetti all’aroma di burro e limone, in più casi lo stesso effetto può arrivare da un buon bicchiere. Certo, c’è molta più poesia nell’assaporare il vino appena versato al ristorante che nello scegliere una bottiglia dagli scaffali del supermercato; eppure, anche quel momento ha il suo rilievo, visto che la varietà dei vini è tale che ci si può permettere il lusso di scegliere quali emozioni sollecitare. Che sensazioni si cercano, allora, nella bottiglia che si è appena ordinata o che è finita nel carrello? «Ci sono più livelli – spiega Zanichelli – dal semplice gusto, alla freschezza di un fiore o di un frutto, all’ebbrezza di cui sopra o, per i palati più appassionati e raffinati, al riconoscimento di uno stile, di un vitigno, di un territorio».</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Gli scrittori sembrano aver presenti tutte queste cose: se per qualcuno il vino è «la poesia della terra» (lo si legge nella <em>Messa dei villeggianti</em> di Mario Soldati), per Ernest Hemingway è «uno dei maggiori segni di civiltà al mondo», forse proprio perché ogni goccia è una carta d’identità di un luogo, di una terra. Altre volte il vino segna un’età della vita: lo ricordano per esempio i <em>Quattro amici </em>di Gino Paoli (nel frattempo diventati tre) che annaffiano con un bicchiere i loro discorsi «di individui e solidarietà», nel periodo in cui i sogni si incrinano, ma c’è ancora voglia di fare progetti.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Siamo tutti sommelier? </strong>Certo, la ricerca di sensazioni e ricordi ha un costo e, in tempi di crisi, prima di mettere mano al portafogli (già non particolarmente gonfio) il pensiero è d’obbligo. Varie ricerche continuano a dare il consumo di vini in calo in uno dei paesi che produce di più e meglio: ci rimettono tutti, tanto i vini di livello più alto (accantonati puntualmente da chi vuol spendere poco) quanto quelli di minor pregio. Come beve, allora, l’italiano comune? «Spesso come capita, sempre di più “poco ma bene” – precisa Zanichelli – La “missione” del futuro è spingere il maggior numero di persone al consumo intelligente e consapevole».</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Il vino, del resto, per chi può permetterselo può diventare una faccenda terribilmente seria, come il cibo: negli ultimi anni tra gli italiani sembra essere scoppiata una vera “passione” enologica e, con il tempo, si sono moltiplicati i corsi più o meno validi per diventare <em>sommelier</em> (altre persone hanno preferito cimentarsi, per esempio, con l’assaggio di formaggi). Molta gente sembra impaziente di sottoporsi a studi metodici e severi – sulla vinificazione, su tutte le varietà di vino italiane ed estere e sugli abbinamenti più corretti – pur di armarsi di cavatappi e termometro da bottiglia e portare al collo il <em>tastevin</em>, quella coppetta di metallo un tempo usata per la degustazione e oggi, soppiantata dai bicchieri di cristallo adatti ai vari tipi di vino, è rimasta come segno distintivo della categoria.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Cos’abbia causato questo fenomeno, che contagia in egual misura commercialisti di Brescia, operatori del commercio estero della Bassa padana e chirurghi di Vicenza, non è ancora ben chiaro: si rimane stupiti alla pari del venerabile maestro Beppe Severgnini quando nota che «la generazione che si faceva un punto d’onore di bere Coca-Cola con l’arrosto ora discute del retrogusto di un Illivio dei Colli orientali del Friuli». Quanto c’è di genuino in tutto questo e quanto si finge? «Dipende come sempre dalle persone – spiega Zanichelli – Dalla superficialità o dall’ostentazione di un sapere inesistente alla grande cultura ci sono tutti i gradi intermedi». Come dire, per gli aspiranti millantatori c’è ancora la possibilità di salvarsi.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Chi non beve, chi parla troppo. </strong>Tra chi non millanta affatto la conoscenza dei vini, c’è la categoria degli astemi: si tratta di una sorta di setta segreta e spesso non se ne confessa volentieri l’appartenenza. Chi osa farlo, mentre sfodera un sorriso candido, come minimo riceve un ventaglio di frasi piene di stupore e compassione («Non sai cosa ti perdi», «Si fa presto a perdere le brutte abitudini», «Fatti visitare»): per questo, durante i matrimoni, il cenno per chiedere al cameriere di non versare lo spumante è accompagnato da un certo senso di colpa, surclassato solo dalle smorfie di disapprovazione degli amici che detestano vedere qualcuno che brinda con l’acqua nel calice.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Viene il sospetto che essere astemi sia una sorta di <em>handicap</em>, per lo meno in determinate situazioni: si può immaginare una colazione di lavoro a tasso alcolico zero o una cena teoricamente romantica senza una goccia di vino? «Essere astemi non è per forza un problema: meglio certo non esserlo! – sentenzia Zanichelli con il sorriso sulle labbra – Non è mai troppo tardi per convertirsi; occorre però trovare il vino giusto, la situazione giusta o la persona giusta capaci di far scoccare la scintilla».</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Se qualcuno fa di tutto per stare lontano dalle bottiglie, altri ne fruiscono volentieri e, magari, alzano un po’ il gomito. Lasciate perdere l’ubriachezza: altri effetti collaterali sono ben più interessanti (o imbarazzanti, quando ad ascoltare ci sono colleghi impertinenti e donne dalla memoria di ferro). Il rischio più insidioso è rappresentato da una massima latina, <em>in vino veritas</em>: ma sarà vero che un incontro annaffiato di vino può trasformarsi in terreno propizio per le rivelazioni?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">«È tutto vero! – conferma Zanichelli – Il vino produce ebbrezza con tutti gli effetti collaterali del caso, tra cui anche l’abbassamento delle inibizioni: si è più sciolti, più in “armonia” con il mondo, maggiormente disposti a lasciarsi prendere dall’entusiasmo, dalla tentazione alla confessione e alla rivelazione, giusto per non interrompere (anzi per amplificare) questo senso di appartenenza all’armonia delle cose e al sentimento di complicità e coinvolgimento con le persone che hai accanto in quel momento; inoltre la passione per il vino unisce spesso persone che altrimenti difficilmente si frequenterebbero».</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Bere a tavola. </strong>Rivelazioni compromettenti o no, è indubitabile il fatto che tra vino e tavola si sia stabilito un binomio quasi indissolubile, cui la società difficilmente saprebbe rinunciare. «Un pasto senza vino è come un giorno senza sole» sentenziava nella sua <em>Fisiologia del gusto</em> Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, politico e giurista francese, vissuto tra ‘700 e ‘800 e tra i primi a sconfinare con piacere nella gastronomia; vari secoli prima, un uomo nato e cresciuto in Palestina e abituato a dare il meglio di sé negli incontri di mensa, non esitò a rendere speciale l’ultimo calice di vino bevuto.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Che gli italiani siano abituati a mangiar bene, si sa; che bevano altrettanto bene quando possono, lo si è detto. Ma può un vino ottimo rovinare un buon piatto solo perché abbinato male (per distrazione o millanteria di chi l’ha scelto) o per la tavola è comunque più dannoso un vino cattivo? «Fa più danni un vino cattivo – non ha dubbi Zanichelli – Spesso si può anche mangiare un buon piatto e bere un buon vino insieme senza necessariamente dover ricorrere all&#8217;abbinamento corretto, che naturalmente quando riesce produce vere e proprie scintille di piacere».</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Di bottiglie, per il suo lavoro di giornalista enogastronomico, Massimo Zanichelli ne ha sperimentate parecchie, ma dal suo tavolo di ristorante trasformato in osservatorio ha potuto vedere centinaia di persone intente a rapportarsi col vino, sviluppando un certo occhio clinico per capire in fretta se la persona al suo fianco è davvero un appassionato del nettare di Bacco. «Un vero esperto si riconosce dal suo atteggiamento, dalle cose che dice, dalla consapevolezza dell’assaggio e altri dettagli – spiega il giornalista – Per essere giudicato un vero intenditore non basta certo sapere ruotare in modo corretto un bicchiere per poterne sentire i profumi e, forse, nemmeno riuscire necessariamente a riconoscere i vini alla cieca, anche se questo indubbiamente fa sempre colpo». Soprattutto se, per la meraviglia, l’astemio seduto a fianco si converte <em>seduta stante</em>: una soddisfazione sottile che non ha prezzo.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Massimo Zanichelli</strong> è pubblicista iscritto all’Ordine dei Giornalisti, collabora con la  Guida Vini e la Guida Ristoranti de <em>L’espresso</em> dal 2001; scrive per <em>Go</em> <em>Wine</em> e <em>Identità golose</em> (in passato anche per <em>Grand Gourmet</em> ed <em>Ex Vinis</em> di Luigi Veronelli, fino alla loro chiusura). Recentemente ha collaborato al volume <em>I grand cru del Soave</em>. Laureato in lettere moderne, si occupa anche di cinema insegnandone storia e linguaggio attraverso corsi e lezioni, organizzando rassegne cinematografiche e scrivendo articoli per riviste e web.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>L’articolo è stato pubblicato sul numero di settembre di </em><strong><a href="http://www.ereticoideeartepensiero.com/">L’Eretico – idee arte pensiero</a></strong>.</p>
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