The London Philharmonic is getting set up to play Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Everybody's practicing their parts, except for the bass players - they barely have any notes at all, just at the very beginning and the very end. So they hatch a plan: during the performance, they'll all sneak out and go to the pub for some brews. The lead bassist ties a string to the last page of the conductor's score, to alert them so they can get back in time. Performance night rolls around, and the curtains roll up…