A Recommendation on Beethoven's 9th Symphony

[BeardedOne]

when I was a kid, my mom took me to Lincoln Center to see a performance of Handal's Messiah during the holiday season. I think it was my first venture out of the Bronx into the big city. It was a hell of a show.

One great joy I had in my youth was the annual visit to the Hatch Memorial Shell on the Esplanade in Boston, for the Fourth of July concert. Our dear Arthur Feidler (Who by chance, I would meet at a fire when I was eight - He loved fire trucks) would intersperse Beethoven, Bach, Handel, Dvorjak, ad infinitum, into more modern, recognizable works, always keeping the people primed for the classics.

His lagacy lives on, in continued Pops concerts on the Esplanade (If you live anywhere near Boston, go to the Fourth concert this coming week), but I do so miss seeing his energetic form on the stand.

[a994]

I'm more of a Debussy man myself, but I will check out that recording of Beethoven's 9th you recommended.