Everyone's heard the Ninth, endlessly. My grammar school even had us sing a variant of the Chorale, apparently it's the United Nations anthem.
Eighteen or so years ago my father and I went to hear it at Carnegie. It was the first time I'd heard it live, in concert. It's so loud that it's outrageous.
As the tenor came in screaming Freunde, I started weeping- helplessly, ceaselessly. I was completely embarressed until I realized that my father, and the man at my other side, indeed all those I could see (through the tears dripping down my face) were also sobbing.
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