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Donald Macleod explores more of the great 鈥渙ne-hit wonders鈥� of classical music.

Exploring the lives and music of classical music鈥檚 鈥渙ne-hit wonders鈥� 鈥� today Carl Orff鈥檚 Carmina Burana, and Julius Fu膷铆k鈥檚 Entry of the Gladiators come under the microscope.

Classical music is littered with composers who are famous for just a single piece of music. In a special week of Composer of the Week programmes, Donald Macleod is joined by Berlin Philharmonic horn player Sarah Willis to explore ten of these composers and examine episodes from their lives, alongside their compositions 鈥� both their popular hits and some of their less familiar music. They also try to isolate why certain works have captured the popular imagination of audiences around the world.

O Fortuna from Carmina Burana has become one of the most recognisable pieces of music in the world, used in TV and film, and still massively popular in the concert hall. In the final programme of the week, Donald and Sarah explore the life and music of its composer Carl Orff, alongside the life and music of Julius Fu膷铆k, who is famous today primarily for just one of his 400-odd marches.

Orff: Camina Burana, 'O Fortuna'
San Francisco Chorus
San Franciso Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

Orff/Keetman: Schulwerk (excerpts)
T枚lzer Knabenchor
K枚lner Kinderchor
Instrumental ensemble
Carl Orff, director

Orff: De temporum fine comoedia
Peter Schreier, tenor
Rolf Boysen, speaker
Christa Ludwig, alto
K枚lner Rundfunkchor
RIAS Kammerchor
T枚lzer Knabenchor
WDR Sinfonieorchester K枚ln
Herbert von Karajan, conductor

Orff: Carmina Burana (excerpt)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Richard Hickox, conductor

Fu膷铆k: Entry of the Gladiators
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Neumann, conductor

Fu膷铆k: Miramare
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme J盲rvi, conductor

Fu膷铆k: Triglav
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
V谩clav Neumann, conductor

Produced by Sam Phillips, for 大象传媒 Wales