The Philadelphia Orchestra's stirring Beethoven's Ninth

Even with the trucks going by on the Dulles toll road, the thick, oppressive summer heat, the usual congestion hassles getting out and, in this instance, problematic sound engineering, a concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra is well worth the trek out to Wolf Trap. On Saturday, the celebrated band joined with the Washington Choral Arts Society in a stirring Beethoven's Ninth, led by Canadian conductor Bramwell Tovey.