Event listing: Carmina Burana | Hollywood Bowl | Thu 30 Aug 2012 at 20:00

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Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos' crushing Carmina Burana at the Hollywood Bowl

Ted Ayala, 30th August

What a stark contrast between the visual and the aural at last Thursday’s concert at the Hollywood Bowl. On stage was the 79-year-old conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, appearing frail as he shuffled towards the podium; the gauntness of his features accentuated by his suit which hung loosely from his frame.

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