Europe Day. ADDA Alicante Symphony Orchestra / Conductor Josep Vicent. Carmina Burana

ADDA·Alicante Symphony Orchestra

Beatriz Díaz, soprano

Toni Marsol, baritone

Rafael Quirant, countertenor (sopranist)

Amici Musicae Choir

Igor Tantos Sevillano, choir director

Josep Vicent, principal conductor

Carl Orff — Carmina Burana (1936) — 65 minutes

Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World)

Part 1: Primo Vere (Spring), nos. 3–10 — songs to nature, the sun, and joy, each echoing the Latin motto *Carpe Diem* (Seize the Day).

Part 2: In Taberna (In the Tavern), nos. 11–14 — hymns to drinking, wandering life, and debauchery.

Part 3: Cour d’amours (Court of Love) — an invitation to amorous encounter and an unabashed expression of eroticism.

Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World)