By Catherine Reese Newton
The Salt Lake Tribune Keith Lockhart knows how to make an exit. For his last Abravanel Hall appearance of the season, the Utah Symphony music director served up a rafter-rattling performance of the reliably rousing "Carmina Burana."
The orchestra gave a colorful, even lusty performance. Lockhart, in baton-free mode again, was at his most exuberant, catching air several times. The Utah Symphony Chorus, thoroughly prepared by chorus master Susanne Sheston, sang with great gusto, especially in the electrifying opening and closing "O Fortuna." The men of the chorus, in particular, sang with a nice, firm tone, and even got to do a bit of acting during the "tavern" sequence. The choristers of the Madeleine Choir School brought great presence and polish to movements such as "Tempus est iocundum."
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