Len Fehskens:

>OK, we've all heard it said many times that the BSO is not representative,
>but honestly, I can't recall the last time I heard the BSO do the Beethoven
>9th, or for that matter, any of the big 3 (3, 5, 9).  The last BSO
>Beethoven symphony performances I recall were of the 4th and the 2nd.

The BSO did the Ninth Symphony at Tanglewood last year under James
DePriest.  The year before they did a special free performance somewhere
in downtown Boston- perhaps the Common.  (???)

Professor Bernard Chasan
Physics Department, Boston University