Boston Classical Review

October 10

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Samy Rachid, conductor
Olivier Latry, organist
Berlioz: Waverley Overture
Gandolfi: Ascending Light
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3
7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall

Celebrity Series
Emanuel Ax, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13
Schoenberg: Drei Klavierstücke
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14
Schoenberg: Sechs kleine Klavierstücke
Schumann: Fantasie in C
8 p.m. Groton Hill Music Center
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October 11

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Samy Rachid, conductor
Olivier Latry, organist
Berlioz: Waverley Overture
Gandolfi: Ascending Light
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3
1:30 p.m. Symphony Hall

A Far Cry
Davóne Tines, vocalist
Burleigh: Set of songs
MacGimsey: Sweet Little Jesus Boy
Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12
Sorey: Songs of Death
Tillis: Spiritual Fantasy No. 12
7:30 p.m. Jordan Hall

October 12

Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Odyssey Opera
Gil Rose, conductor
Gershwin: Of Thee I Sing
Gershwin: Let ‘em Eat Cake
7:30 p.m. Jordan Hall

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Samy Rachid, conductor
Olivier Latry, organist
Berlioz: Waverley Overture
Gandolfi: Ascending Light
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3
8 p.m. Symphony Hall

October 13

Celebrity Series
Emanuel Ax, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13
Schoenberg: Drei Klavierstücke
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14
Schoenberg: Sechs kleine Klavierstücke
Schumann: Fantasie in C
3 p.m. Jordan Hall
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October 17

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Xian Zhang, conductor
Jonathan Biss, pianist
Yi: Landscape Impression
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall

October 18

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Xian Zhang, conductor
Jonathan Biss, pianist
Yi: Landscape Impression
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
8 p.m. Symphony Hall

Celebrity Series
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Additional works by Mehmed Vahiddedin, Joseph Tawadros, and Tanburi Angeli
8 p.m. Jordan Hall
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Music Worcester
Philip Glass Ensemble
Glass: Music in Eight Parts
Glass: Glassworks
8 p.m. Mechanics Hall

October 19

Blue Heron
Aston: Ave Maria ancilla trinitaras
Sanlikol: Devran
Sanlikol: The Triumph
3 p.m. First Church in Cambridge

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Xian Zhang, conductor
Jonathan Biss, pianist
Yi: Landscape Impression
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
8 p.m. Symphony Hall

Longwood Symphony Orchestra
Jotaro Nakano, conductor
Andres Sanchez, cellist
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Frank: Elegía Andina
Still: The American Scene: The East
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
8 p.m. Jordan Hall

October 20

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Awadagin Pratt, pianist
Couperin: Les barricades mystérieuses
Chopin: Nocturne in B major
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Tchaikovsky: “Intermezzo” from The Nutcracker
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D
Coleridge-Taylor: selections from 24 Negro Folk Melodies
Glass: “Opening” from Glassworks
Hersch: Nocturne for the Left Hand Alone
Vasks: Castillo Interior
1:30 p.m. Calderwood Hall

Boston Chamber Music Society
Mendelssohn: Sextet in D
Ives: Piano Trio
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E-flat
3 p.m. Sanders Theatre

Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
Benjamin Zander, conductor
Guy Braunstein, violinist
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
3 p.m. Symphony Hall
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Rockport Music
Ettore Causa, violist
Boris Berman, pianist
Schumann: Adagio and Allegro
Brahms: Sonata, op. 78
Brahms: Sonata, op. 38
3 p.m. Shalin Liu Performance Center

Emmanuel Music
Barber: Dover Beach
Ruehr: Song of the Silkie
Ruehr: String Quartet No. 2
Price: Sympathy
Najmi: The Comet at Yell’ham
Fauré: La Bonne Chanson
4 p.m. Emmanuel Church

New England Philharmonic
Tianhui Ng, conductor
Alejandro Escuer, flautist
Ortiz: Antropolis
Nathan: The Seas Between Us
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
7 p.m. Jordan Hall

October 24

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
Kendall: O flower of fire
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall

October 25

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
Kendall: O flower of fire
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
1:30 p.m.

Cantata Singers
Noah Horn, conductor
Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610
7:30 p.m. Cyclorama

Celebrity Series
Paul Lewis, pianist
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 19
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21
8 p.m. Jordan Hall
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Music Worcester
CONCORA
Chris Shepard, conductor
Bach: “Gott ist mein König”
Bach: “Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn”
Bach: “Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille”
8 p.m. Mechanics Hall

October 26

Musicians of the Old Post Road
Works by Buxtehude, Walther, Graupner, Kleinknecht, and W. F. Bach
4 p.m. First Parish, Sudbury

Music Worcester
Zlatomir Fung, cellist
Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6
7 p.m. Mechanics Hall

Musica Sacra
Works by Tavener, McFerrin, Ellington, Bonds, MacMillan, Ben-Haim, Gilkyson, and others
7:30 p.m. First Church in Cambridge

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
Kendall: O flower of fire
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
8 p.m. Symphony Hall

October 27

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Sphinx Virtuosi
Britton-René Collins, percussionist
Carreño: Tempo di marcia from Serenade for Strings
Coleridge-Taylor: Four Novelletten
Joplin: Treemonisha Overture
Skye: American Mirror Part One
Becenti: Hané
Stewart: Drill
1:30 p.m. Calderwood Hall

Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society
Steven Lipsitt, conductor
Kim Kashkashian, violist
Robert Levin, pianist
Larsen: String Symphony
Wyner: Duo Concertino for Viola & Piano
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
3 p.m. All Saints Parish

Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
Poulenc: Sonata for flute and piano
Poulenc: Sonata for oboe and piano
Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and piano
Jolas: Music for here
Françaix: Dixtour
3 p.m. Jordan Hall

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra
Gabriel Lefkowitz, conductor
Ian Greitzer, clarinetist
Ron Haroutunian, bassoonist
Porter: Canyons
Strauss: Duet Concertino
Suk: Serenade for Strings
3 p.m. Second Church, Newton

Back Bay Chorale
Stephen Spinelli, conductor
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Anna O’Connell, baroque triple harpist
Music by Schütz, Buxtehude, Schelle, and others
4 p.m. The Cathedral Church of St. Paul

Music Worcester
BACHtoberfest Choir
Chris Shepard, conductor
Bach: “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland”
Bach: “Das neugeborne Kindelein”
Bach: “Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft”
4 p.m. Mechanics Hall

Musicians of the Old Post Road
Works by Buxtehude, Walther, Graupner, Kleinknecht, and W. F. Bach
4 p.m. Old South Church