Monday, November 30, 2009

Cavalcade of Lights

Nathan Philips Square - Toronto - 11.28.09
The fireworks, free concerts and skating parties...





Music: Carmina Burana - "O Fortuna"

Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff between 1935 and 1936. It is based on 24 of the poems found in the medieval collection Carmina Burana.The best-known movement is "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (O Fortuna)"
that opens and closes the piece.The composition appears in numerous movies and television commercials and has become a staple in popular culture, setting the mood for dramatic or cataclysmic situations.

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