{"id":438,"date":"2007-06-25T17:51:34","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T07:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msnaughty.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/25\/carmina-burana-love-sex-and-drinking\/"},"modified":"2007-06-25T17:51:34","modified_gmt":"2007-06-25T07:51:34","slug":"carmina-burana-love-sex-and-drinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/25\/carmina-burana-love-sex-and-drinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Carmina Burana: Love, Sex and Drinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jBh0JJKqKA0\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jBh0JJKqKA0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/code><br \/>\nOn the weekend I went to see a performance of Carl Orff&#8217;s <em>Carmina Burana<\/em>. I&#8217;d always loved the <em>O Fortuna<\/em> chorus, since I first saw it in the film <em>Excalibur <\/em>many years ago. That piece of music inspired me to go out and buy my first classical CD. And on Saturday I got off my bum and went to see the full thing, complete with hundreds of singers and a full orchestra. I loved it. I haven&#8217;t gone to many classical concerts in my life but I might be a convert after this.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve since looked up the <a href=\"http:\/\/web.comhem.se\/hansdotter\/carmina.html\" target=\"blank\">translation of the lyrics<\/a>, which are in Latin and High German. It turns out the cantata is a profane pagan celebration of fortune, Spring, drinking and sex. Now that&#8217;s my kind of music!<\/p>\n<p>A few choice lyrics:<br \/>\n<em>My virginity<br \/>\nmakes me frisky,<br \/>\nmy simplicity<br \/>\nholds me back<\/em><\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p><em>May God grant, may the gods grant<br \/>\nwhat I have in mind:<br \/>\nthat I may loose<br \/>\nthe chains of her virginity. Ah! <\/em><\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p><em>If a boy with a girl<br \/>\ntarries in a little room,<br \/>\nhappy is their coupling.<br \/>\nLove rises up,<br \/>\nand between them<br \/>\nprudery is driven away,<br \/>\nan ineffable game begins<br \/>\nin their limbs, arms and lips.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The video above makes use of the most famous end section and is a dance interpretation performed by the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Orff originally intended his piece to include dance but it&#8217;s rarely performed that way. The one above is quite a thing to watch, what with body-stockinged dancers (complete with nipples), a man in a loincloth, guys in drag and Lady Fortune in short skirt and high heels. <\/p>\n<p>The end result looks like what would happen if the models from Robert Palmer&#8217;s <em>Addicted To Love<\/em> video escaped into the opera house. Kind of weird, but kind of cool too.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the weekend I went to see a performance of Carl Orff&#8217;s Carmina Burana. I&#8217;d always loved the O Fortuna chorus, since I first saw it in the film Excalibur many years ago. That piece of music inspired me to go out and buy my first classical CD. 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