Europe Day. ADDA·SIMFÒNICA ALICANTE conducted by Josep Vicent. Carmina Burana

ADDA·SIMFÒNICA ALICANTE

Beatriz Díaz — soprano

Toni Marsol — baritone

Rafael Quirant — countertenor (sopranist)

AMICI MUSICAE Choir

Igor Tantos Sevillano — chorus master

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, infused throughout with 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 love and an unabashed expression of eroticism.

"Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi" (Fortune, Empress of the World)