Humanities & Cultures

I grew up with this on CD from Deutsche Grammophon. I'd not realized it had been videoed. Wow, was '89 a weird year. You don't realize that at 10.

I'm somewhat amused by how bored the choir looks awaiting the fourth movement. I was once positioned behind the gong for a full run of Carmina Burana. Then I went to a production of it in Hamburg with my host family, who were quite confused that I knew the entire work. And thereafter, when I was getting help building out my van, the local NPR station was taking requests, and sure as shit, Carmina Burana came up as a suggestion. I looked at Eric and said "there's no way they're playing the full thing."

As one does, I just used my phone to broadcast the full piece. O Fortuna isn't particularly satisfying on its own.