u/Competitive-Bad-5854

Since I was a little kid I've loved Beethoven and finally, at age 66, got to see B9. I went with my daughter to Symphony Hall in Boston and watched the BSO do a really lively version of the Ninth (the first half was Adam's "Harmonium" which was terrific).

It was everything I could ask for and the audience was wonderful. I would guess the standing ovation went on for 15 minutes or more.

Things I learned from the live performance: The 3rd movement was transcendent and so moving in a way I haven't gleaned from recordings. Also, I'd always heard Beethoven elevated the role of trombones. Poor things have to sit and do nothing even longer than the chorus. I did not know that the contrabassoon is the pulse of the Turkish march.

Things have not gone well since running out of the aerogarden branded plant food....what is going on with this cilantro? (the chamomile next to it seems to be doing ok).

It sprouted well enough and grew quickly but now is yellowing and not growing.

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