Concert Review: Carl Orff's 'Carmina Burana' presented by the Cathedral Choral Society at the Washington National Cathedral
The Washington National Cathedral's soaring architecture added a layer of majesty to a program that featured Renaissance composer Orlando di Lassos' elegant "Musica Dei donum optimi," ("Music is the gift of the most high God"); late-19th century Irish composer Charles Villiers Stanford's lyrical Three Latin Motets, op. 38; and finally, Carl Orff's monumental "Carmina Burana." […]