Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony
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Sat., Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m., Sun., Nov. 6, 2 p.m. and Mon., Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m. 2016
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Southwest Portland (Portland)
$23 - $105
Guest conductor Hans Graf will take the podium for what’s probably the biggest “hit” of the Oregon Symphony’s fall season—Beethoven’s Sixth, the lovely and lyrical “Pastoral” symphony. It’s tough to hear the piece’s loping theme without getting bucolic visions of meadows and streams in your head, and hearing the simulated thunderstorm of the fourth movement live and in person should be a sensory experience not easily forgotten. Also on this bill: Robert Schumann’s not-quite-a-symphony “Overture, Scherzo, and Finale” and Swiss composer Frank Martin’s Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, which I haven’t heard but I assume is better than my annoying neighbor’s Concerto for Seven Wind Chimes. NED LANNAMANN