The Mighty Carmina Burana

Featured in such films as Excalibur and Natural Born Killers, music from Carl Orff’s powerful and dramatic cantata, Carmina Burana, is one of the most popular pieces in all of classical music. Music Director Tito Muñoz, who opened his first season in Phoenix with Carmina Burana, kicks off his 10th anniversary season with the sensational spectacle. Adam Schoenberg’s Picture Studies earned two 2018 Grammy nominations including one for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. Picture Studies, a contemporary version of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, is based on four paintings, three photographs, and one sculpture by Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Miró, Calder and other prominent visual artists.

Adam Schoenberg: Picture Studies

Orff: Carmina Burana

Tito Muñoz, conductor

Jeni Houser, soprano

Arnold Livingston Geis, tenor

Michael Adams, baritone

The Phoenix Symphony Chorus

Phoenix Boys Choir

2023

SYMPHONY HALL

Friday, September 29 – 7:30 pm

Saturday, September 30 – 7:30 pm

Sunday, October 1 – 2:00 pm

English and Spanish translation projected above the stage.