07/14/07 87 W - + 21 - 14 Baltimore & Beethoven
Fire Expo attendees favoring a musical diversion can hear
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony performed on Friday, July 27. Tickets are a reasonable $35, including service charge and parking permit. The symphony hall is less than a mile from the Convention Center. Plenty of seats are available, including Grand Tier Center, where at least one concert goer will be wearing a tropical shirt. For those new to the Ninth, it's about a 75-minute piece, with vocal and choral accompaniment in the famous fourth movement. They sing in German. Freude!