There have been quite a few mentions of 'Carmina Burana' and although I've had the pleasure of singing Carmina Burana (or at least the O Fortuna component in Latin), I just realised that some readers here may not be totally familiar with it.

Orff's copyright is very vigilantly protected by his estate/attorneys to the extent that even the method of presentation must be sanctioned, eg if he wrote the piece for French Horn and two pianos, then permission for performance may not be granted for some other form of accompaniment. For this reason the MIDIs for his works are not present on many of the larger Classical MIDI sites. I'll find a site with Carmina/O Fortuna and post the URL. It's a fantastic hummable tune a la Chariots of Fire or Conquest of Paradise and one that's probably been flogged to death in corporate TV ads around your part of the world.

Maybe someone could help me find a good English translation on the Web. I know that there's at least one out there, but I won't have a chance to go looking for a while.

Regards, John