{"id":2605,"date":"2006-08-16T18:06:42","date_gmt":"2006-08-17T01:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2017-05-04T18:09:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T01:09:02","slug":"hollywood-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/2006\/08\/16\/hollywood-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This year I’ve been visiting the Hollywood Bowl a lot.<\/p>\n

So far, I’ve heard Beethoven’s 5th, 8th and 9th symphonies, Holst’s The Planets, Sibelius’ Violin Concerto, Berlioz’ Symphonie funebre et triomphale and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto 1 and 1812.<\/p>\n

I was initially opposed to tearing down the old shell which had been in place for decades and had sheltered so many celebrated artists. But I’ve since become a convert and really like the new shell and setup.<\/p>\n

During my last visits, I’ve each time observed several bats performing aerobatic maneuvers above the audience. They come out at dusk and disappear when it gets dark. I did not know that bats are such fast and agile flyers.<\/p>\n

In one strange encounter, one bat flew so close that for a fraction of a second, it was about an arm’s lengh away from my face. I could even hear the whirring sound of its wings.<\/p>\n

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