Sir Simon Rattle conducts “Carmina Burana” at the 2004 New Year’s Eve Concert
What could be more obvious than to ring in a new year with an appeal to the goddess Fortuna? And this is precisely what happened on 31 December 2004, when Sir Simon Rattle conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker in a performance of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana – a bright musical panorama which wondrously unites the most diverse spheres of expression: the archaic and the modern, grandiosity and humour, and the finest sophistication with raw power.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle
© 2004 EuroArts Music International
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