April 26, 2008
Carmina Burana
Aneta Augustyn, soprano
Kevin St. Clair, tenor
Ralph Cato, baritone
Camerata Singers of Long Beach
CSULB Chamber Choir
CSULB University Choir
Forty-Niner Chorus
Los Angeles Children’s Choir
Big and bawdy, a fiery night of love for orchestra, chorus and soloists.
R. STRAUSS
ORFF
Don Juan
Carmina Burana*
Programs are listed in concert order, but are subject to change.
All concerts begin at 8 pm in the Terrace Theatre, Long Beach Performing Arts Center.
All concerts conducted by
Music Director Enrique Arturo Diemecke
By Enrique Arturo Diemecke
Carmina Burana
No matter how many times you have experienced the amazing power of the opening chorus of Carmina Burana, it never fails to astonish. With just a few powerful strokes, you are almost overwhelmed by its raw power. This magnificent and dramatic music is perhaps the most intensely physical experience in orchestral music.
Carmina is justly popular. But its familiarity and forceful style offers a great challenge to any conductor—what can you pair with this masterpiece that won’t wilt under the weight of its majestic choruses? I’ve selected two works, Don Juan and Eugene Onegin, that share thesame theme—lust! Don Juan is the most famous rascal, in literature
and Strauss’s virtuoso treatment for orchestra is justly admired. Don Juan is so challenging for every instrument in the orchestra that it is used in almost every orchestral audition. The LBSO will blow you socks off with this one!
It is a great pleasure to once again share the stage with the talented choruses from California State University Long Beach. Joining them for the first time will be the Camerata Singers of Long Beach. The collaboration between these two wonderful Long Beach institutions and the LBSO promises to be the highlight of our season of musical journeys, not to be missed.