Reginald Mobley sings Carmina Burana with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

this week, Reginald Mobley will join the chicago symphony orchestra, conducted by osmo vänskä, in a programme of works by montgomery, rautavaara, and orff

In collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Chorus and United Voices Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra presents a run of three mega-performances this week at Symphony Center. Reginald Mobley performs alongside soprano Joélle Harvey and baritone Hugh Russell in Orff’s famous Carmina Burana. The orchestra also present Rautavaara’s concerto for birds and orchestra, which features recordings of bird calls from arctic Finland, and the CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery’s The Star-Spangled Banner.

Orff’s Carmina Burana is known throughout the world, famous for its huge orchestral and choral forces, as well as its 25-movement form. Based upon 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana, the text speaks mainly of wealth, the fickleness of fortune, the ephemeral nature of life, the pleasures and perils of activities like drinking, gluttony, gambling and lust. This satirical libretto is complemented by a largely homophonic sound, with shimmering orchestrations and challenging solo arias.

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Make sure to attend the preconcert conversation featuring Stephen Alltop in Orchestra Hall 75 minutes before the performance!

UPCOMING performances

16TH MARCH 2023 | 7.30PM | Orchestra HALL, SYMPHONY CENTER

With the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, and United Voices Chicago

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17TH MARCH 2023 | 1.30PM | Orchestra HALL, SYMPHONY CENTER

With the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, and United Voices Chicago

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18TH MARCH 2023 | 8PM | Orchestra HALL, SYMPHONY CENTER

With the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, and United Voices Chicago

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25TH MARCH 2023 | 3PM | First Church in Cambridge, Cambridge

With Blue Heron

Cody Bowers, Kim Leeds & Reginald Mobley, cantus
Corey Dalton Hart, Jason McStoots, Steven Soph & Sumner Thompson, tenor
Steven Hrycelak & David McFerrin, bassus

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Programme

Missa Mi mi - Ockeghem

Intemerata dei mater - Ockeghem

Presque transi - Ockeghem

Nymphes des bois - Josquin Desprez (lament for Ockegham)