O Fortuna

Here’s the Big Ad stripped of most of its bigness, except for the big music part. O Fortuna is part of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, which is based on a collection of medieval poems. The poems talk about “the fickleness of fortune and wealth, the ephemeral nature of life, the joy of the return of Spring, and the pleasures and perils of drinking, gluttony, gambling and lust” – in other words, just about everything.