Choral masterpiece Carmina Burana comes to the Great Hall
Thursday, 19 June 2014
The performance will take place at the London Road campus
A flash of classical music drama will come to the University of Reading's London Road campus on Sunday (22 June) as the University of Reading Chorus perform Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.
The musical masterpiece is not only loved by fans of 20th century music, but by viewers of TV show The X Factor, who will recognise the music from its use in the hit ITV show.
Before the concert begins in the Great Hall, audience members are invited to attend a picnic in the historic grounds of London Road from 3pm where they can enjoy a summer picnic with friends and family. Refreshing drinks for everyone, including summer classics such as Pimm's, will be available.
The concert will start at 6pm in the Great Hall where the atmosphere for classical concerts is outstanding and has a seating capacity for a 350.
Carmina Burana, composed by Orff in the 1930s, is a cantata composed for voice in Latin, German and French, and based on the 24 poems of the medieval poem collection of the same name. All 25 movements will be performed by the University of Reading Chorus, conducted by Joanna Bywater.
The concert will start with the well-known and dramatic ‘O Fortuna' and end with the piece ‘Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi'.
Tickets cost £10 for adults, with concessions (children, students and senior citizens) £6. Family tickets, for two adults and up to three children, are £25. Tickets are available to buy on the door or from the Music at Reading website.
For more information, email music@reading.ac.uk or call +44 (0) 118 378 8518.