Modesto Symphony Orchestra Association

Carmina Burana

A Powerful Tribute to 95 Years of Music

Friday, May 8, 2026, 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 9, 2026, 7:30 pm
Gallo Center for the Arts, Mary Stuart Rogers Theater

Nicholas Hersh, conductor
MSO Chorus, Daniel R. Afonso Jr., chorus director
Anastasia Malliaras, soprano
Daniel Ebbers, tenor
Malcolm MacKenzie, bass
Central Valley Youth Chorus, Beth Holtan, artistic director
Members of the Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra, Elisha Wilson, music director

Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612), arr. Nicholas Hersh

Canzon per sonar noni toni a 12 (from Sacrae Symphoniae, Liber I) (1597)

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)

Overture from Ruslan und Ludmilla (1842)
Featuring members of the Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra performing side-by-side

INTERMISSION

Carl Orff (1895-1982)

Carmina Burana (1937)

Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World)
1. O Fortuna
2. Fortune plango vulnera

I. Primo vere (In Springtime)
3. Veris leta facies (No strings and only a small chorus)
4. Omnia sol temperat
5. Ecce gratum

Uf dem anger (On the Lawn)
6. Tanz
7. Floret silva nobilis (Small and large choruses)
8. Chramer, gip die varwe mir (Small and large choruses) [German]
9. Reie [German]
10. Were diu werlt alle min [German]

II. In Taberna (In the Tavern)
11. Estuans interius
12. Olim lacus colueram (No violins used)
13. Ego sum abbas (Only percussion and brass with chorus)
14. In taberna quando sumus

III. Cour d'amours (The Court of Love)
15. Amor volat undique (Boys chorus with soprano)
16. Dies, nox et omnia
17. Stetit puella
18. Circa mea pectora
19. Si puer cum puellula
20. Veni, veni, venias (Double chorus with two pianos and six percussionists)
21. In truitina
22. Tempus est iocundum (Two pianos, percussion and all vocalists except tenor)
23. Dulcissime

Blanziflor et Helena (Blanziflor and Helena)
24. Ave formosissima (Three glockenspiels with independent parts)

Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World)
25. O Fortuna (Fortune, Empress of the World)

Please join us in the lobby after the concert to celebrate our 95th Season with Nicholas Hersh, our guest artists, orchestra, and chorus!

Thank You

The MSO acknowledges with gratitude the following donors and sponsors whose generosity allows the orchestra to reach new heights in music and education. With your continued support, we are making a difference together and enriching the lives of our community, one note at a time.

  For a full listing of donors & sponsors, click here.  

The DoubleTree by Hilton™ Modesto is the official hotel of the Modesto Symphony Orchestra.

Photography, sound, or video recording of this performance is strictly prohibited. Please remember to silence all electronic devices and refrain from text messaging during the concert. Mobile devices may be used to read program notes during the concert.

Program and artists subject to change. E&OE.