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26-Apr-08
Symphony, chorus dynamic in "Burana"
By Jessica Harrison
Deseret News

UTAH SYMPHONY AND UTAH SYMPHONY CHORUS, Abravanel Hall, Friday; additional performance tonight, 8 p.m. (355-2787)

Visceral and exciting, German composer Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" is a popular piece that is, at least in part, familiar to most. If done right, its opening strains of "O Fortuna" grab the listeners and defy them to get bored.

Such was the case Friday night at Abravanel Hall, when the Utah Symphony under the baton of music director Keith Lockhart joined with the Utah Symphony Chorus and guest artists in a dynamic performance of this timeless piece.

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