Epic Sounds for an Epic Night: Win Tickets to IFC’s 10th Anniversary Concert

The International Festival Chorus, Beijing’s only homegrown choir, has been giving us reasons to sing since 2002, with their choral-symphonic performances, fundraising concerts, outreach and education programs, and performance tours all around China. This Saturday night, they celebrate ten years with a rousing rendition of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.

You may have heard this music before, particularly the most famous section, "O Fortuna." It’s that gloriously dramatic, sweeping chorus that swells when King Arthur and his knights ride into battle in Excalibur. On Glee, when Will Schuester and Sue Sylvester face off, there it is again. And there it is on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, when he shows the audience a photo of America’s favorite ex-Vice President, Dick Cheney.

Whether epic or ironic, it’s a good way to celebrate ten years of choral greatness in Beijing, with director Nicholas Smith leading the charge. He describes Carmina Burana as "an old fashioned revel, with songs about love, fortune, drinking, comradeship ... Big, big sounds, and great thumping excitement."

Also on the menu for the night: Eric Whitacre’s Cloudburst, as well as a performance of Strauss’ Metamorphosen, Study for 23 Solo Strings by the Peking Sinfonietta.

To win a pair of VIP tickets (valued at RMB 320 each) for Saturday night's concert, email us at win@thebeijinger.com by Friday at 6pm with your answer to this question: "O Fortuna" was also used to dramatize the drug addiction of which famous rock musician in the biopic about his band?

Event details:

Saturday, April 7
IFC 10th Anniversary Concert
Reserve by emailing tickets@beijingifc.org.
RMB 100-320. 7pm. Peking University Hall (6275 1278)

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