Eric Kisch wrote of Beethoven"s Ninth:

>Well, Mark, what did you think.  We heard this in Cleveland a couple
>of weks ago and it was superb.  Under CvD, the music is a sad and rueful
>farewell to life, sometimes bitter, but certainly not despairing.

Can't tell you yet.  I leave the 13th of May for Columbus when they will
perform it at the Ohio Theatre, then I head to Chicago.  But I think their
new recording is a very impressive achievement.  In my estimation, CvD
and his Clevelanders clearly articulate the psychology undergirding this
symphony.  It is sad at times, it is angry at times, it is nostolgic at
times with some very tender moments.  He and the orchestra bring a unifying
and visionary perspective to this piece.

I think sometime this week, perhaps the 5th or 6th, CvD and his orchestra
play this at Carnegie Hall.  I would rather hear it there than the Ohio
Theatre, but business takes me to Columbus on the 13th.

Mark