Orff's 'Carmina burana'

With a libretto based on a collection of poems discovered in a Benedictine monastery, Carl Orff’s Carmina burana (“Bavarian Songs”) elaborates on many topics familiar to both 13th century and current listeners:  springtime beauty, going out for a night on the town, and girls in red dresses and the boys who chase them.   Ever popular with audiences, Orff considered this cantata his best work.