O fortuna

I caught my 18 year old listening to Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, on youtube.
I have no idea how he came across the music or that he was inclined to listen to anything like that, so I was impressed! must be the ulitmate in teenage rebellion lol

I sought a translation of the most famous segment, O Fortuna and it impressed me even more... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXFSK0ogeg4

O Fortune,
like the moon you are changeable, always waxing or waning;
hateful life first oppresses and then soothes as fancy takes it;
poverty and power it melts them like ice

Fate – monstrous and empty,
you whirling wheel, stand malevolent,
well-being is vain and always fades to nothing,
shadowed and veiled you plague me too;
now through trickery, my back is bare to your villainy.

Fate, in health and in virtue, is against me,
driven on and weighted down, always enslaved.
So at this hour without delay pluck the vibrating string;
since Fate strikes down the strong man,
everyone weep with me!

[Leana Niemand]

A fantastic shot!!

[madchickenwoman 2]

Intense!
Used to use this musicwith a parachute with my class - fantastic as music builds then the big lift!!
Thanks for follow - back at you!!

[Graham Thresher]

Super compositition

[Tracie Broadhead]

wonderful in every way Kali

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

I sang the Carmina Burana in a choir (amateur) with professional solo artists and orkestra as a student. Oh Fortuna still brings shivers down my spine.

[Shailesh]

wonderful capture Kali, love the layers in clouds

[Maggiemae]

I do like the touches of crimson in this shot! Gorgeous! fav

[AmyJ]

Love that piece of music - nice your son is into it! Great shot!

[☠northy]

Beautiful image... I love carmina burana... Such a powerful piece of music

[kali]

@overalvandaan that must have been a wonderful experience

[kali]

@tracie8266 thanks Tracie :)

[~~JT]

When my now 17-yr-old was in 4th grade, we went to some school event one evening. There was a brief video presentation. During the opening strains of music, he loudly announced that Beethoven was one of his favorite composers along with Mozart, Bach, and Hayden. Other parents were enormously impressed. My son thought everyone listened to classical music on Sundays and had occasional opera days during which no one speaks but, rather, sings conversation. Discovering otherwise was an enormous blow for one so young! ;)

Your son has good taste in music! I love the image to go with it!

[kali]

@voiceprintz delightful story

[Annie D]

I am not familiar with the music that I am aware of - but often I know stuff and don't realise I do - thank you for sharing the words

[Annie D]

@kali66 I am very familiar with the music - sometimes I just do not remember names and titles - such an idiot lol

[kali]

@annied same, I mean that music is kind of instantly recognisable because it is used in movies and ads...but the name of it I couldn't have told you until last night. And there is all sorts of bits in between when you view the whole shebang

[kali]

@madchickenwoman2 I can remember of doing similar to music when at primary school, somehow embedded in the memory banks

[Krista Marson]

I love that song, it has such power. They actually play it before some basketball games here. This is a beautiful image of the sun.

[Marci Elston]

My eldest daughter is a classical musician, and just your title started the oboe part of this running through my head.

[Pam]

I have not heard this in ages! A wonderful piece of music! It goes so very well with this image.

[kali]

@melston :)

[Stephanie Swift]

Gorgeous capture, especially the touches of light in the foreground. Thanks for the translation of O Fortuna.

[Suse♡]

What amazing pic! How are you doing Kali?

[m9f9l]

Ha ha.. my 24 yo son really likes it also.

[summerfield]

so dramatic and eerily picturesque. btw, is 5+2 still going, or ard people on break?

[Bill Fenske]

Gorgeous image. I saw it when you posted it, followed the link, and forgot to come back and comment. :(

[kali]

@summerfield still going fine Vikki, did you not get tagged?

[kali]

@bill_fe you are so thorough :) thankyou bill i enjoy seeing your smiley face

[Brigette]

that is some piece of music. gorgeous image