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Discuss “Carmina Burana comes to Pittsburgh”

This weekend, conductor Rafael Fr?hbeck de Burgos led the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and singers in expressing feelings that a college student will know all too well: College students should easily relate to Orff's sexually themed "Carmina Burana" and Mendelssohn's incidental music to [ITAL]A Midsummer Night's Dream[ITAL] about young love.

The Overture of [ITAL]Midsummer Night's Dream[ITAL] began with a tender for chords followed by blind, constant motion of the strings. Mendelssohn, who was only 16 when he composed this movement, was experiencing a teen's immature passion. A keen listener can easily pick up on the familiar feelings of a curious boy becoming a man.

The Scherzo was a more serious piece where the blossoming youth had decided...

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