Dalia Stasevska / Orff: Carmina Burana

Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
conductor Dalia Stasevska

soprano Giuliana Gianfaldoni
baritone Mattia Olivieri
tenor Marco Santarelli
chorus master Andrea Secchi
youth chorus master Claudia Morelli

Sibelius
Four Legends from the Kalevala

The Swan of Tuonela
Lemminkäinen’s Return

Finlandia

Orff
Carmina Burana

Dalia Stasevska, the Finnish conductor making her debut at Santa Cecilia, presents works by her compatriot Jean Sibelius, including his most famous symphonic piece, Finlandia – composed in 1899 for a celebratory occasion and later regarded as a sort of second national anthem for the Finnish people – alongside other compositions inspired by Nordic mythology: the Lemminkäinen Legends. The second part features the grand and engaging medieval fresco of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.