Tom Hall, the music director of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, is excited about the upcoming performance of Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” featuring the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop, the BCAS and the Peabody Children’s Chorus, more than 300 musicians in all.

“This is one of the three most accessible and popular works for chorus and orchestra, the others being Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and the Brahms ‘Requiem,’ ” Hall says. “It’s a foot-tapper that’s familiar to everyone because excerpts are heard so often on TV and videos. Marin has a flair for rambunctious, raucous pieces.”