“Eight hours of Orff is simply too much ... varied only with starkly primitive rhythm in the orchestra and percussion-punctuated declamation by the singers. The work was typical, too ...

Next to Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” — an enormous ... Soprano Laura Claycomb had all the notes and the sweetness to carry off her miniature showpiece, “In trutina,” but it felt ...

Or it may be due to the ability of a skilled marimbist to nail the fast notes, trills and ornaments intrinsic to the music of this era. Or is it simpy the sound of the marimba — an otherworldly ...