Carmina Burana and Beyond

March 28, 2024

Friday April 5, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Theatre Auditorium

We would like to acknowledge that Laurier Music is situated on the ancestral lands of the Anishnaabe, Haudenosaunee peoples. Recognizing this reminds us of our connection to this land where we live, learn, and practice music.

Program Notes, Lyrics, and Translations

Kitchener-Waterloo Youth Orchestra

Matthew Jones, conductor
Kitchener-Waterloo Youth Orchestra members

Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Laurier Concert Choir

Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh, conductor
Ian Vanderburgh, accompanist
Laurier Concert Choir members

O Salutaris Hostia by Justin Lapierre (WLU’21)
J'entends le moulin arr. Donald Patriquin (b. 1938)
Living in a Holy City by Stephen Hatfield (b. 1956)

Laurier Wind Orchestra

Dr. LaToya A. Webb, conductor
Laurier Wind Orchestra members

Flourish for Wind Band by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

On Shores of Endless Sea by Kevin Day (b. 1996)

Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble by Frigyes Hidas (1928-2007)
Mvt. I
Kathleen McLean, bassoon

March of the Belgian Parachutists by Pierre Leemans, arr. John R. Bourgeois

Intermission

Laurier Chamber Orchestra

Penderecki String Quartet, leaders
Laurier Chamber Orchestra members

Simple Symphony by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Laurier Symphony Orchestra & Laurier Concert Choir

Dr. Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor
Laurier Symphony Orchestra members
Laurier Concert Choir members

Carmina Burana (Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis) by Carl Orff (1895-1982)

Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World)
I. O Fortuna (O Fortune)
II. Fortune plango vulnera (I bemoan the wounds of Fortune)

Part I: Primo vere (In Springtime)
III. Veris leta facies (The merry face of spring)
V. Ecce gratum (Behold the Pleasant Spring)

Uf dem anger (On the Lawn)
VI. Tanz (Dance)
VII. Floret silva nobilis (The woods are burgeoning)
VIII. Chramer, gip die varwe mir (Shopkeeper, give me colour)
IX. a) Reie (Round Dance)
     b) Swaz (Those who go round and round)
     c) Chume, chum (Come, come my beloved)
     d) Swaz (Those who go round and round)
X. Were diu werlt alle min (Were all the world mine)

Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World)
I. O Fortuna (O Fortune)