Whether you know it as the great choral number from Carmina Burana or simply as The X Factor song, most of us have heard the magnificent ‘O Fortuna’. But what is the choir actually singing about? ‘O ...

Carl Orff's declamatory 'O Fortuna' thunders around the Royal Albert Hall in this live performance given by the English National Opera Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Paul Daniel. Filmed for Sky Arts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Los Angeles Master Chorale on Sunday will perform Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana," controversial music that has amplified epic ...

Carmina Burana ranks up there with Beethoven's Fifth as a perennial favorite among concert-goers. But Carl Orff's famous piece has inspired countless others to produce their own versions, from the ...

You don’t have to be a ballet buff to recognise the opening bars of Carmina Burana. Ominous and powerful, the music of O Fortuna – that opens and closes this ballet – has become instantly familiar ...

Tony Palmer film explores the life and work of Carl Orff, the unknown Nazi composer of one of the world's most popular classical pieces, Carmina Burana. Carl Orff, the German composer of Carmina ...

Naomi Wilkinson explores Orff's 'O fortuna' from Carmina Burana with beautiful animation. Fortune spins her wheel. Who will win, who will lose? Inspired by medieval literature, ‘O fortuna’ is one of ...

Fortune spins her wheel. Who will win, who will lose? Inspired by medieval literature, ‘O fortuna’ is one of the most famous choral pieces in the world. The piece gives us a chance to meet Fortuna, ...

If you’re a child of the 1970s, it may well have been the Old Spice advert. If you hail from a younger generation, it will almost certainly be The X Factor. Or maybe you remember its regular comical ...

The image that emerges from Tony Palmer’s fascinating, if uneven, film is of a brilliant creator whose music foresaw the minimalism of the 1960s but an opportunist who despite despising the Nazis ...