At the end of the sixth-form at my school the outgoing students did a play, known as the Sixth Form Entertainment. We wrote, performed and organised it all ourselves, and it usually involved various teachers, particularly those who were leaving. It so happened that I got involved in the writing of ours, which was called 'TRAGEDY!' (after the Steps song, which was performed during the production). The plot (which resembled Swiss cheese) revolved around the tragic kidnap of the headmistress, Miss Perry. The play began with her coming into the school hall and motioning the audience (the entire rest of the school) to stand, and taking most of Friday afternoon prayers/assembly as normal. Then suddenly that portion of O Fortuna blared out, and two black-clad figures leapt from behind the stage curtains to seize her and drag her backstage. It was later revealed that the culprits were the wicked Deputy Headgirls, Stef and Vicky (frequently dressed as Steed and Peel respectively); they were of course thwarted by the brave super and noble (cheers cheers cheers) Headgirl, Emma, and the rest of the sixth form. We all played ourselves.
The whole thing was pretty surreal - I persuaded a history and an English teacher to play Pooh and Piglet, and got our tall, skinny, bespectacled male French teacher to play (Where's) Wally, in a ridiculous jumper. It was all terribly entertaining, for us at least.
I have the natural inclination to come out with "velut luna" and go on to the "semper crescis ut des-crescis" bit, but I always leave out statu variabilis unless I'm reading the music or singing along to a recording.
I've got a tape of a non-Orff version somewhere. I'd forgotten about the Old Spice adverts until reading comments (I think of parties), but I do think of the Lone Ranger when I hear the William Tell Overture.
That's as maybe, but given we had Invasion of the Bleepygoths here in Bradford last weekend it's likely to be a long way in the future before some wonk at J. Walter Thompson's decides that Apoptygma Berzerk would be the right kind of soundtrack for flogging cheap aftershave.
They used to use a few seconds of it on Gladiators as well - that game with the big almost-sphere that swayed from side to side down from the roof, and the gladiator chased the contender around it for a minute while they were both hanging onto the rope netting. That's what I thought of, anyway.
King's College does not allow performances of Carmina Burana to be held in its chapel. A great shame, the opening would be splendid in that acoustic. I wonder what precisely they object to?
Si puer cum puellula moraretur in cellula, felix coniunctio!
(Maybe it is nothing particular, just the pagan setting.)
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Date: 2005-08-30 08:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-08-30 09:10 pm (UTC)The whole thing was pretty surreal - I persuaded a history and an English teacher to play Pooh and Piglet, and got our tall, skinny, bespectacled male French teacher to play (Where's) Wally, in a ridiculous jumper. It was all terribly entertaining, for us at least.
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Date: 2005-08-30 09:02 pm (UTC)For the headmistress-kidnap we used a later section, the bit where the repetitive choral rhythm gets much louder.
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Date: 2005-08-30 09:22 pm (UTC)I once had the occasion to use "Timeo daneos et dona ferentes" entirely in context.
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Date: 2005-08-30 10:05 pm (UTC)I have the natural inclination to come out with "velut luna" and go on to the "semper crescis ut des-crescis" bit, but I always leave out statu variabilis unless I'm reading the music or singing along to a recording.
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Date: 2005-08-30 11:05 pm (UTC)Isn't the definition of an intellectual someone who can listen to "O Fortuna, velut luna" from the Carmina Burana without thinking of Old Spice?
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Date: 2005-08-31 07:10 am (UTC)I'd forgotten about the Old Spice adverts until reading comments (I think of parties), but I do think of the Lone Ranger when I hear the William Tell Overture.
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Date: 2005-08-30 11:18 pm (UTC)He's told me not to bother these past few years; he's well into his 80s and he reckons he's too old for prezzies, the miserable old duffer:-)
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Date: 2005-09-02 11:36 am (UTC)Does that make me excellent?
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