Alfred Reed’s Ballade features RVSB alto saxophone soloist Frank Amato. Composed in 1958 for woodwind virtuoso Vincent J. “Jimmy” Albato, the work was commissioned by the instrument manufacturer G.

“Eight hours of Orff is simply too much!” The speaker, a tall, lank-haired man in tweed jacket and maroon wool shirt, was none other than rehearsal-weary Carl Orff, Germany’s most famed modern ...

Independent Opera Company continues its 14th season with Die Kluge, an opera by 20th century German composer Carl Orff, best known for his popular masterpiece Carmina Burana. The opera Die Kluge (The ...