November 8

October 21, 2025 at 10:25 am

By Jonathan Blumhofer

Celebrity Series
Beatrice Rana, pianist
Prokofiev: selections from Romeo & Juliet
Debussy: Études, Book 2
Tchaikovsky/Pletnev: selections from The Nutcracker Suite
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 6
8 p.m. Jordan Hall
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Nodoka Okisawa, conductor
Midori, violinist
Takemitsu: Requiem
Dvorak: Violin Concerto
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7
8 p.m. Symphony Hall

November 9

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Clayton Stephenson, pianist
Bach/Hess: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Schubert: Four Impromptus
Albéniz: Iberia, Book 1
Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
1:30 p.m. Calderwood Hall

Boston Artists Ensemble
Schumann: Piano Trio No. 3
Brahms: Scherzo from F-A-E Sonata
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1
3 p.m. St. Paul’s Church
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Boston Chamber Music Society
Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor
Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet
Dvorak: Piano Trio in F minor
3 p.m. Sanders Theatre

Boston Civic Symphony
Francesco Noya, conductor
Sophie Wang, violinist
Mikey Katz, cellist
Harber: Solis
Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
3 p.m. Jordan Hall

Cambridge Symphony Orchestra
New World Chorale
Cambridge Children’s Chorus
Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums
Cynthia Woods, conductor
Kayla Harriott, soprano
Eric Botto, tenor
Puccini: La Bohème
4 p.m. Kresge Auditorium

November 12

Boston Lyric Opera
David Angus, conductor
Christine Goerke, soprano
Morris Robinson, bass
Wagner: Opera selections
8 p.m. SoWa Power Station

November 13

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
James Carter, saxophonist
León: Time to Time
Sierra: Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall

November 14

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
James Carter, saxophonist
León: Time to Time
Sierra: Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
1:30 p.m. Symphony Hall

Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra
Maximiano Valdés, conductor
Luis Sanz, cuatro-ist
Délano: La Bruja de Loíza
Fuentes: Rapsodia Urbana
Negrón: Moriviví
Cordero: “Descarga” from Concierto Criollo
Quintana: On the Ethereal Nature of Bioluminescence
Sierra: Reflexíon urbana from Symphony No. 6
Sierra: “Karirós y Apoteósis” from Symphony No. 7
Campos: Felices días
Estrada: En mi Viejo San Juan
Pujals: Fragmentos de mi tierra
7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall

November 15

Cappella Clausura
Holly Druckman, conductor
Music by Shaw, Seppar, Melinda Wanger, Van Ness, and others
4 p.m. Grace Episcopal Church

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
James Carter, saxophonist
León: Time to Time
Sierra: Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
8 p.m. Symphony Hall

November 16

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Myra Huang, pianist
Songs by Ives, Rachmainoff, Alma Mahler, Korngold, Gershwin, Weill, and others
1:30 p.m. Calderwood Hall

Coro Allegro
David Hodgkins, conductor
Jerrick Cavagnaro, organist
Vierne: Messe solennelle
Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna
Iliya: Avoonan Dbishmayy
Portman: Scherzo
3 p.m. Church of the Covenant

Bach, Beethoven, Brahms Society
Stephen Lipsitt, conductor
Carley DeFranco, soprano
Krista River, mezzo-soprano
Keith Phares, baritone
Bach: “Air” from Suite No. 3
Foote: Air & Gavotte
Corigliano: Fantasia on a Bach Air
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Franzin: Peace Cantata
4 p.m. United Parish in Brookline

Cappella Clausura
Holly Druckman, conductor
Music by Shaw, Seppar, Melinda Wanger, Van Ness, and others
4 p.m. Emmanuel Church

November 19

Celebrity Series
Amaryn Olmeda, violinist
Program TBA
7:30 p.m. Pickman Hall
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November 20

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist
Mason: The Imagined Forest
De Hartmann: Violin Concerto
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall

Radius Ensemble
Azmeh: The Fence, the Rooftop and the Distant Sea
Ruehr: Carnival
Esmail: Nadiya
Ravel: Piano Trio
8 p.m. Pickman Hall

November 21

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist
Mason: The Imagined Forest
De Hartmann: Violin Concerto
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
1:30 p.m. Symphony Hall

Celebrity Series
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6
8 p.m. Symphony Hall
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November 22

A Far Cry
Muffat: Passacaglia
Beecher: “These Memories May be True”
Hailstork: Sonata da Chiesa
Bartók: Divertimento
7:30 p.m. Jordan Hall

Chameleon Arts Ensemble
Schubert: “Auf dem Strom”
Garrop: Postcards from Wyoming
Ives: selected songs
Moeran: Fantasy Quartet
Beethoven: String Quintet in C
7:30 p.m. First Church in Boston

The Spectrum Singers
Max Holman, conductor
Boulanger: Prélude en Ré b
Howells: A Hymn for St Cecilia
Boulanger: Soir sur la plaine
Brahms: Drei Quartette
Maria Bach: Streichquintett, II. Thème e variations
Palestrina: Cantantibus organis
Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia (Selections)
7:30 p.m. First Church in Cambridge

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist
Mason: The Imagined Forest
De Hartmann: Violin Concerto
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
8 p.m. Symphony Hall

November 23

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Michelle Cann, pianist
Mendelssohn: Fantasie
Chopin: Ballade No. 3
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Price: Sonata in E minor
Thompson: “My Dungeon Shook” from Three American Preludes
1:30 p.m. Calderwood Hall

Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
Benjamin Zander, conductor
Ailyn Perez, soprano
Daniela Mack, mezzo-soprano
John Osborn, tenor
Maharram Huseynov, bass
Chorus pro Musica
Verdi: Requiem
3 p.m. Symphony Hall
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Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Loeffler: Timbres oubliés
Koechlin: Two Nocturnes
Saint-Saëns: Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola, and harp
Françaix: Dixtour
3 p.m. Shalin Liu Performance Center

Cantata Singers
Noah Horn, conductor
Handel: Messiah
3 p.m. Sanders Theatre

Concord Chamber Music Society
Sō Percussion
Works by Shaw, Dessner, Cage, and more
3 p.m. Maxwell Auditorium

Chameleon Arts Ensemble
Schubert: “Auf dem Strom”
Garrop: Postcards from Wyoming
Ives: selected songs
Moeran: Fantasy Quartet
Beethoven: String Quintet in C
4 p.m. First Church in Boston

November 28

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Samy Rachid, conductor
Pablo Ferrández, cellist
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
1:30 p.m. Symphony Hall

Handel & Haydn Society
Jonathan Cohen, conductor
Lauren Snouffer, soprano
Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano
Ben Bliss, tenor
Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone
H+H Chorus
Handel: Messiah
7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall

November 29

Handel & Haydn Society
Jonathan Cohen, conductor
Lauren Snouffer, soprano
Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano
Ben Bliss, tenor
Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone
H+H Chorus
Handel: Messiah
3 p.m. Symphony Hall

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Samy Rachid, conductor
Pablo Ferrández, cellist
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
8 p.m. Symphony Hall

November 30

Handel & Haydn Society
Jonathan Cohen, conductor
Lauren Snouffer, soprano
Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano
Ben Bliss, tenor
Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone
H+H Chorus
Handel: Messiah
3 p.m. Symphony Hall

Winsor Music
Schubert: “The Shepherd on the Rock”
Liu: Song for the Spirit
Harris: A Butterfly’s Anthem
Child: Peace Poem After a Ugaritic Inscription
Epstein: New work
Child: New work
Harbison: New work
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.6
7 p.m. St. Paul’s Church

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