Carmina Burana review: Enthusiasm for lament of fate and fortune
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By Peter McCallum
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Sydney Philharmonia gives a tight, spirited performance in Carmina Burana at Sydney Town Hall.
Credit:Robert Catto
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The standing ovation that greeted Saturdayâs performance of Orffâs
Carmina Burana was no doubt partly due to the workâs crowd-stirring clamour and pulsating rhythmic energy, but Sydney Philharmoniaâs tight, spirited performance with the NSW Public Schools Junior Singers, pianists Catherine Davis and Claire Howard Race and a fine group of percussionists under conductor Brett Weymark deserves credit as the catalyst that unleashed the enthusiasm.