The 9th

This evening we attended a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 by the San Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas conducting. This was the second best performance that I have heard. The best being Guilini conducting the 9th with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Roger Wagner Chorale thirty years or so ago.

The soloists this evening were outstanding: Twyla Robinson, soprano; Gigli Mithchell-Velasco, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor; and Raymond Aceto, bass. I can not think of how they could be improved upon.

We are very lucky to live in the San Francisco Bay area.