Carmina Burana & Réquiem

Programme bringing together Carl Orff's cantata Carmina Burana and Mozart's Requiem, two large-scale works about life, death and fate, performed at the FYCMA in Málaga.

Carmina Burana, by Carl Orff, is a cantata written for large-scale choir, orchestra and soloists, based on 24 medieval Latin poems. Its texts speak of love, pleasure, banquets and the ups and downs of fortune, in a carefree tone that contrasts with the religious view of death characteristic of that era. The work premiered in 1937 and has been performed around the world ever since.

Mozart's Requiem is the only requiem mass in his catalogue and his last opus, left unfinished because of his death. The mysterious circumstances surrounding its commission and composition have fuelled legend around the work for generations.

The concert takes place at the FYCMA, the Palacio de Ferias y Congresos de Málaga, a venue for concerts and shows located in the Cruz de Humilladero area. The programme combines two large-scale choral and orchestral scores, one secular and one religious, in a single evening.