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There are a few great works that are popular enough that everyone tries them, but they remain out of reach for most orchestras.  Plenty of Wagner is like this, and certainly Beethoven's 9th is.  While there have been times that I have heard works that were too complex for a small or weak orchestra overcome by enthusiasm, I have to say that I have never - ever - heard Beethoven's 9th done justice by a less-than-stellar group with enthusiasm alone.

I am not really sure how anyone could hear, say, the Furtwangler 9th and then still want to try it with, say, contemporary BSO. Rather, it seems like they would prefer to stay with what they can reasonably be expected to play.

I literally would not go to hear our local SO do the B9  --   no matter who the guest conductor was.

Best regards,
Paul S

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