Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Brings Fall Vibes with Beethoven’s Pastoral

As UGG season returns and Halloween decorations spawn, people are defrosting their fall playlists. This year, I have decided to add Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F major, also known as the Pastoral Symphony, to my playlist, after being lucky enough to hear it performed live by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra on Oct. 12, conducted by Music Director Andreas Delfs. Beethoven’s Pastoral is broken down into five movements that all revolve around the central theme of celebrating harvest.

The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra brings Mozart to Bailey

On Friday, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra brought its crisp, pristine sound to Cornell’s Bailey Hall. They were in the company of world-renowned baritone Christian Gerhaher and clarinetist Lorenzo Coppola for an all-Mozart program. It was just the hearth by which we needed to warm ourselves on a blustery night. The first half of the program was backboned by Mozart’s Symphony No. 36.