This week, Osmo Vänskä leads the CSO in Orff’s Carmina burana featuring Joélle Harvey, Reginald Mobley, and Hugh Russell. Included in the program is Montgomery’s Banner and Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus, as well as Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.
Carmina burana
Playlist
Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Jessie Montgomery: Banner
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Joélle Harvey, soprano, Reginald Mobley, countertenor, Hugh Russell, baritone, Chicago Symphony Chorus (Jenny Wong, guest director), Uniting Voices Chicago (Josephine Lee, director); Osmo Vänskä, conductor