VSO at the Flynn: O Fortuna!
The season finale opens with a piece by Gabriela Ortiz exploring the Kauyamari, or “blue deer,” from Mexican folklore, a spiritual guide transformed through an extended pilgrimage. The concert follows with the epic Carmina Burana, a thrilling cantata by Carl Orff based on medieval poems celebrating the joys of life, love, and fortune. With its famous opening, O Fortuna, this dynamic work combines chorus, soloists, and full orchestra in a dramatic journey from fate’s cruelty to the pleasures of spring, tavern revelry, and courtly romance. Whether grand and ominous or tender and playful, Carmina Burana is an unforgettable musical spectacle—visceral, vivid, and emotionally charged. This performance promises an electrifying experience that showcases the full force of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in one of the most iconic and beloved works of the 20th century.
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and is preceded at 6:30 p.m. by Musically Speaking, a free pre-concert discussion that provides entertaining insight into the evening’s program. There is no intermission.
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Andrew Crust, conductor
Goitsemang Lehobye, soprano
Brian Giebler, tenor
Troy Cook, baritone
VSO Chorus; Jose-Daniel Flores Caraballo, Chorus Director
Children’s Chorus; Lori Marino, Chorus Director
Brian Giebler, Goitsemang Lehoybe, Troy Cook
PROGRAM
Gabriela Ortiz – Kauyumari
Carl Orff – Carmina Burana
This concert is generously supported by Eleanor Long, Barbara Wessel, Susan Jenkins (in memory of The Hon. David A. Jenkins), the Vermont Community Foundation Concert Artists Fund, Physician’s Computer Company, Copper Leaf Financial, Davis & Hodgdon, Courtyard Marriot, and the State of Vermont. The VSO also thanks the Robert De Cormier Endowed Fund and William Gray Vocal Music Fund (held at Maple Capital Management) for the funds’ underwriting of the VSO Chorus and vocalists in this concert.
