The penultimate section of this work is about "Blanziflor" and "Helena," and its other sections include one called "In the Tavern.
In one movement of this work, fast sections alternate with a section with a prominent castanet part that gradually speeds up. An aria from this work begins with a very high bassoon solo and, in it, a tenor sings from the perspective of a swan being roasted on a spit. The penultimate section of this work is about "Blanziflor" and "Helena," and its other sections include one called "In the Tavern." This choral work begins and ends with a song that laments the cruel tyranny of Fate and imagines it as a monstrous Wheel of Fortune. For 10 points, name this 1936 work that is bookended by the monumental "O Fortuna", a "scenic cantata" by Carl Orff.
In one movement of this work, fast sections alternate with a section with a prominent castanet part that gradually speeds up.
Carmina Burana [accept Songs of Beuern]