Count to 9

Have you ever been knocked sideways by a performance of a work that you know really well? In fact, so well, that you have approached past performances more as duty rather than a pleasure. It happened to me recently with the Beethoven Ninth Symphony, one of the most popular and often performed works in the repertoire. It took place in NEC's Jordan Hall with Calderwood Director of Orchestras Hugh Wolff and our Philharmonia Orchestra, choruses (NEC Concert Choir -- Erica J. Washburn, director and t...