Andrys Basten writes Re: Beethoven 9:

>I know that in the many times our SF Symphony Chorus had to do it in the
>first year I was there (7 performances) we had to sit motionless on stage
>for the first 3 movements and yet all of them and especially that beautiful
>Adagio molto e cantabile were worth it every time.

For "SF" read "London" and that's me too.  However on one occasion, to
keep the chorus occupied, we also did another choral symphony from the
same period, viz.  Peter Winter's Schlacht-Symphonie (Battle Symphony).
I had never heard it performed before and haven't since.  Has anyone?

Alan Moss
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