Bach Festival Choir & LSO Performance Of Carmina Burana Declared A Success

On May 2, 2009, the Bach Festival Choir and Youth Choir joined forces once again with the London Symphony Orchestra, performing Carl Orff's Carmina Burana at the final performance of the LSO's residency at the Daytona Beach International Festival. The concert was a great success and received a standing ovation.

The performance garnered rave reviews in the Daytona Beach News Journal, the DeLand-Deltona Beacon, and the Orlando Sentinel. The Sentinel article by writer Scott Warfield was picked up and reprinted in the Chicago Tribune. Gareth Davies, principal flute for the London Symphony, blogged extensively about the performance on his LSO Travel blog. Excerpts from some of the reviews are below.

Gareth Davies, principal flute for the LSO, said of the performance on his blog:
"The stage was groaning with the weight of the orchestra, soloists, and surely one of the best choirs I have heard, the Bach Festival Choir from Orlando.... The choir sang as if their lives depended on it; they really were quite outstanding.... The real stars of this show were the chorus."

Scott Warfield from the Orlando Sentinel said of the performance:
"On Saturday evening in Daytona Beach's Peabody Auditorium, the two groups united to give an electrifying performance of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, which confirmed that their notable 2007 performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was not a fluke."

About the Bach Festival Society
The Bach Festival Society, located in Winter Park, Florida, is one of the longest continuously operating Bach Festivals in the country and among America's great oratorio societies. The Bach Festival Society brings the highest caliber of classical music to Central Florida. Performances are held in the intimate settings of Tiedtke Concert Hall and Knowles Memorial Chapel on the beautiful campus of Rollins College.

For more information regarding the upcoming season or to order tickets, please call the Bach Festival Society at 407.646.2182 or visit us online at www.bachfestivalflorida.org.

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