This Wild Earth channels the raw power of nature and human ritual through bold, elemental choral works. Rautavaara’s Suite de Lorca sets Spanish poetry ablaze with Nordic fire, while Gilda Lyons’s Momotombo evokes volcanic energy and ecological reverence. Tormis’s Raua Needmine casts an ancient Estonian curse on war’s destruction with hypnotic force. Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana crowns the program in a thrilling celebration of fate, sensuality and the rhythms of earthly life.

Einojuhani Rautavaara, Suite de Lorca

Gilda Lyons, Momotombo

Veljo Tormis, Raua Needmine

Carl Orff, Carmina Burana