April 19

March 22, 2018 at 9:25 am

By Aaron Keebaugh

Boston Opera Collaborative
Puccini: La Bohème
Beatrice Affron, conductor
7:30 p.m. Turtle Swamp Brewing, Jamaica Plain

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Jan Lisiecki, pianist
Britten: Simple Symphony
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian
8 p.m. Symphony Hall
bso.org; 888-266-1200

April 20

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Jan Lisiecki, pianist
Britten: Simple Symphony
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian
1:30 p.m. Symphony Hall
bso.org; 888-266-1200

Boston Early Music Festival
Jean Rondeau, harpsichordist
Bach: Goldberg Variations
8 p.m. First Church, Congregational, Cambridge

Boston Philharmonic
Benjamin Zander, conductor
Madeleine Shaw, mezzo-soprano
Robert Murray, tenor
Derek Welton, bass
Chorus pro Musica
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
8 p.m. Symphony Hall
bostonphil.org

Music Worcester
The Worcester Chorus
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
8 p.m. Mechanics Hall

Salem Classical
Boston Artists Ensemble
Ravel” Sonata for Viola and Cello
Dvorák: Piano Trio in F minor
Wheeler: new work (world premiere)
8 p.m. Hamilton Hall

April 21

Boston Opera Collaborative
Puccini: La Bohème
Beatrice Affron, conductor
7:30 p.m. Turtle Swamp Brewing, Jamaica Plain

Boston Camerata
Anne Azéma, director
“Tristan & Iseult: A Medieval Romance in Poetry and Music”
8 p.m. Pickman Hall

Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Gil Rose, conductor
Vivian Choi, pianist
Beibei Wang, percussionist
Chang: Pixelandia (world premiere)
Ruo: Unscrolled
De Ritis: The Legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl (world premiere)
Liang: A Thousand Mountains, A Million Streams
8 p.m. Jordan Hall

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Jan Lisiecki, pianist
Britten: Simple Symphony
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian
8 p.m. Symphony Hall
bso.org; 888-266-1200

Chameleon Arts Ensemble
Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Bartók: Contrasts
Bruce: Steampunk
Schoenberg: Phantasy, Op. 47
Beethoven: Piano Trio, Op. 70, No. 1, Ghost
8 p.m. First Church, Boston

April 22

Gardner Museum
Edgar Moreau, cellist
Jessica Osborne, pianist
Poulenc: Sonata, FP 143
Prokofiev: Sonata, Op. 119
Franck: Sonata in A major
1:30 p.m. Calderwood Hall

Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society
Steven Lipsitt, conductor
Sirena Huang, violinist
Voices Boston
Bernstein: Music from Peter Pan
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
3 p.m. Converse Hall

Boston Opera Collaborative
Puccini: La Bohème
Beatrice Affron, conductor
3 p.m. Turtle Swamp Brewing, Jamaica Plain

Boston Symphony Chamber Players
David Deveau, pianist
Bruch: Selection from Eight Pieces, Op. 83
Boulanger: Nocturne and Cortège
Garrop: Bohemian Café
Mozart: String Quintet, K. 515
3 p.m. Jordan Hall
bso.org; 888-266-1200

Celebrity Series
Evgeny Kissin, pianist
Emerson String Quartet
Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor
Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1, Op. 15
Dvorák: Piano Quartet No. 2, Op. 81
3 p.m. Symphony Hall
celebrityseries.org; 617-482-6661

Rockport Music
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Gilbert Kalish, pianist
Songs by Schubert, Ravel, Clarke, Bartók, and Bolcom
3 p.m. Shalin Liu Performance Center

Seraphim Singers
Jennifer Lester, director
Rheinberger: Mass for Double Choir
Music by Dorman, Woodman, Sawyer, Clark, and others
3 p.m. Eliot Church, Newton

Boston Camerata
Anne Azéma, director
“Tristan & Iseult: A Medieval Romance in Poetry and Music”
4 p.m. Pickman Hall

Chameleon Arts Ensemble
Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Bartók: Contrasts
Bruce: Steampunk
Schoenberg: Phantasy, Op. 47
Beethoven: Piano Trio, Op. 70, No. 1, Ghost
4 p.m. First Church, Boston

April 24

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Jan Lisiecki, pianist
Britten: Simple Symphony
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian
8 p.m. Symphony Hall
bso.org; 888-266-1200

April 25

Celebrity Series
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Salonen: Pollux
Varèse: Ameriques
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
8 p.m. Symphony Hall
celebrityseries.org; 617-482-6661

April 26

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violinist
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
8 p.m. Symphony Hall
bso.org; 888-266-1200

April 27

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violinist
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
1:30 p.m. Symphony Hall
bso.org; 888-266-1200

Boston Early Music Festival
Hana Blazíková, soprano
Bruce Dickey, cornettist
“Breathtaking: A Cornetto and a Voice Entwined”
8 p.m. First Church, Congregational, Cambridge

Emmanuel Music
Ryan Turner, conductor
Margot Rood, soprano
Emily Marvosh, contralto
Matthew Anderson, tenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
Jesse Jeanne & Dancers
Lang: the little match girl passion
8 p.m. Emmanuel Church

Symphony Nova
Lawrence Isaacson, conductor
He Zhang, clarinetist
Hazel Malcolmson, bassoonist
Mozart: Overture to Cosi fan tutte 
Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks
Strauss: Duet Concertino
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
8 p.m. Old South Church

Emmanuel Music
Ryan Turner, conductor
Margot Rood, soprano
Emily Marvosh, contralto
Matthew Anderson, tenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
Jesse Jeanne & Dancers
Lang: the little match girl passion
10 p.m. Emmanuel Church

April 28

A Far Cry
Sonja Tengblad, soprano
Bradford Gleim, baritone
Scarlatti: Sinfonia from La caduta de Decemviri
Berio: Selections from Duetti per due Violini
Rossini: String Sonata No. 3
Popora: Calcante ed Achille
New work by the winner of the AFC Young Composer’s Competition
4 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Boston

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violinist
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
8 p.m. Symphony Hall
bso.org; 888-266-1200

Music Worcester
Cameron Carpenter, organist
Program TBA
8 p.m. Mechanics Hall

New England Philharmonic
Richard Pittman, conductor
Danielle Maddon, violinist
Rakowski: Water Music (world premiere)
Currier: Time Machines
Hoffer: Three Pieces for Orchestra (world premiere)
Ravel: Bolero
8 p.m. Tsai Performance Center
nephilharmonic.org

April 29

Gardner Museum
A Far Cry
Sonja Tengblad, soprano
Bradford Gleim, baritone
Scarlatti: Sinfonia from La caduta de Decemviri
Berio: Selections from Duetti per due Violini
Rossini: String Sonata No. 3
Popora: Calcante ed Achille
New work by the winner of the AFC Young Composer’s Competition
1:30 p.m. Calderwood Hall

Seraphim Singers
Jennifer Lester, director
Rheinberger: Mass for Double Choir
Music by Dorman, Woodman, Sawyer, Clark, and others
3 p.m. First Church, Congregational, Cambridge

Emmanuel Music Mendelssohn/ Wolf Chamber Series
Wolf: Spanisches Liederbuch
4 p.m. Emmanuel Church

May 1

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Emanuel Ax, pianist
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
8 p.m. Symphony Hall
bso.org; 888-266-1200

May 2

Celebrity Series
Julia Bullock, soprano
Program TBA
8 p.m. Pickman Hall
celebrityseries.org; 617-482-6661

May 3

Gardner Museum
Robyn Bollinger, violinist
Biber: Passacaglia
Bach: Ciaconna from Partita in D minor
Bartók: Tempo di Ciaconna from Sonata for Solo Violin
Berio: Sequenza VIII
7 p.m. Calderwood Hall

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Emanuel Ax, pianist
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
8 p.m. Symphony Hall
bso.org; 888-266-1200

May 4

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Moritz Gnann, conductor
John Ferrillo, oboist
Gabrieli: Canzonas for brass
Marcello: Concerto in D minor
Rossini/Sedlak: Excerpts from Il barbiere di Siviglia
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
1:30 p.m. Symphony Hall
bso.org; 888-266-1200

Handel and Haydn Society
Harry Christophers, conductor
Jonathan Lemalu, bass
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezzo-soprano
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Robert Murray, tenor
William Purefoy, countertenor
Woodrow Bynum, baritone
Handel: Hercules
7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall

May 5

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Emanuel Ax, pianist
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
8 p.m. Symphony Hall
bso.org; 888-266-1200

Longwood Symphony Orchestra
Ronald Feldman, conductor
Strauss, Jr.: Voices of Spring
Mozart: Symphony No. 36, Linz
Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat major
Strauss, Jr.: Blue Danube
8 p.m. Jordan Hall

Radius Ensemble
Schulhoff: Concertino
Hartke: King of the Sun
Wolfe: On Seven-Star-Shoes
Piazzolla: Serie del Angel
8 p.m. Pickman Hall

May 6

Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Benjamin Zander, conductor
Zuill Bailey, cellist
Ravel: La Valse
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Ives: Three Places in New England
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
3 p.m. Sanders Theatre
bostonphil.org

Handel and Haydn Society
Harry Christophers, conductor
Jonathan Lemalu, bass
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezzo-soprano
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Robert Murray, tenor
William Purefoy, countertenor
Woodrow Bynum, baritone
Handel: Hercules
3 p.m. Symphony Hall

May 9

Ludovico Ensemble
Pidgorna: Teach your daughters
Pidgorna: What else can I give him?
Pidgorna: new work (world premiere)
7 p.m. Shalin Liu Performance Center

May 10

Music Worcester
David Finckel, cellist
Philip Setzer, cellist
Wu Han, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Trio, Op. 97, Archduke
Schubert: Piano Trio, Op. 100
7:30 p.m. Tuckerman Hall

May 11

Music Worcester
The Worcester Chorus
“Ten Decades of Pop: An Evening with the Worcester Chorus”
7 p.m. St. Spyridon Cathedral

Boston Early Music Festival
Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall, director
“Celtic Universe: A dialogue between Ancient, Historical, and Modern traditions”
8 p.m. Emmanuel Church

Boston Lyric Opera
Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti and Arias and Barcarolles
Heather Johnson, Marcus DeLoach, Mara Bonde, Neal Ferreira, Vincent Turregano
David Angus, conductor
8 p.m. DCR Steriti Memorial Rink

Cantata Singers
Victoria: Officium defunctorum
Pärt: Berliner Messe
Harris: Faire is the Heaven
8 p.m. First Church, Cambridge

Celebrity Series
Yuja Wang, pianist
Rachmaninoff: Preludes and Etude-tableaux
Scriabin: Sonata No. 10
Ligeti: Etudes nos. 3, 9, and 1
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 8
8 p.m. Jordan Hall
celebrityseries.org; 617-482-6661

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