Carl Orff, taking himself very seriously.
I’m finishing the year with my nomination for the most entertaining classical music video that came my way in 2012. To be honest, I don’t how I first saw it. Did someone send me a link? Or post it on Facebook? Or did I find it on one of my random surfing expeditions? I can’t quite recall.
In any event, my nomination is a delightful mis-rendering of the text of “O Fortuna” from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. (It’s by someone called “Famished Mammal” – a name that I strongly suspect is fictitious.) As it turns out, there are quite a few of these “O Fortuna” videos on YouTube: it’s a thriving little sub-genre. But as good luck would have it, I first came upon the one I think is the best. I’ve posted it below.
In any event, my nomination is a delightful mis-rendering of the text of “O Fortuna” from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. (It’s by someone called “Famished Mammal” – a name that I strongly suspect is fictitious.) As it turns out, there are quite a few of these “O Fortuna” videos on YouTube: it’s a thriving little sub-genre. But as good luck would have it, I first came upon the one I think is the best. I’ve posted it below.
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