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Creative Life
00000177-ba84-d5f4-a5ff-bbfc9ab20000Our series Creative Life discontinued on October 30th, 2017. It has been replaced by Ways of Life. The Creative Life archive lives on this page. Creative Life offered an audio tour of arts, culture, and inspiration on the Cape and Islands. Our region is rich with creative diversity, and so are the stories we tell.Creative Life is edited by Jay Allison.Creative Life is made possible by The Circle of Ten, ten local businesses and organizations committed to local programming on WCAI.

Big Drums, No Baton, and a Roasting Swan: The Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra Tackles the Carmina Burana

The Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra had their final performance of the 2015 concert season in May. They performed the Carmina Burana—a piece straight from the “Top 10” hits list of classical music. But there’s more to it than meets the ear.

From huge percussion sounds and double grand pianos to a soloist channeling his inner roasting swan, Carmina Burana is a blast through and through. But it also has a fascinating and complicated history. It was written over 700 years ago by defrocked monks to make fun of the religious establishment and German composer Carl Orff made it famous in the 20th century by putting those lyrics to new music. Josh Swartz was there for the week leading up to the performance… You can find out more info : Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra Website and the Cape Cod Conservatory Website

This piece came to us from our production partners at Atlantic Public Media through their media training program, The Transom Story Workshop in Woods Hole. Josh Swartz was a graduate of the Spring 2015 class.  You can find out more about that program at Transom.org

Creative Life is edited by Jay Allison and made possible by The Circle of Ten, ten local businesses and organizations committed to local programming on WCAI.