Boston Classical Review

October 3

Boston Lyric Opera
David Angus, conductor
Rossini: William Tell
7:30 p.m. Emerson Colonial Theatre

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, pianist
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
8 p.m. Symphony Hall
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October 4

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Ivalas Quartet
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14
Walker: String Quartet No. 1
Simon: An Elegy: A Cry from the Grave
1:30 p.m. Calderwood Hall

Boston Lyric Opera
David Angus, conductor
Rossini: William Tell
3 p.m. Emerson Colonial Theatre

Collage New Music
Eric Nathan, conductor
Works by Velázquez, Prestini, Balch, Nourbakhsh, Brown, and Tower
3 p.m. Pickman Hall

Handel & Haydn Society
Jonathan Cohen, conductor
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Regie Gibson, spoken word artist
Handel: L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
3 p.m. Symphony Hall

Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms Society
Stephen Lipsitt, conductor
Lucia Lin, violinist
Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Barber: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
4 p.m. United Parish, Brookline

October 8

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, pianist
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Coll: Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall
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October 9

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, pianist
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Coll: Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
1:30 p.m. Symphony Hall
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Vivo Performing Arts
Avery Gagliano, pianist
Schumann: Novelette
Fauré: Ballade
Rzewski: “Winsboro Cotton Mill Blues”
Kirchner: Interlude II
Schumann: Symphonic Etudes
7:30 p.m. Pickman Hall
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October 10

Vivo Performing Arts
Hemenway Strings
Lynn Chang, violinist
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
12 p.m. Roxbury Public Library
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Chameleon Arts Ensemble
Britten: Phantasy Quartet
Carter: Woodwind Quintet
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 2
Cage: Nocturne
Strauss: Piano Quartet
7:30 p.m. First Church in Boston

Odyssey Opera
Gil Rose, conductor
Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum
MacDowell: Lamia
Beach: Jephthah’s Daughter
Chadwick: The Padrone
7:30 p.m. Jordan Hall

Rockport Music
Chanticleer
Program of American favorites TBA
7:30 p.m. Shalin Liu Performance Center

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, pianist
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Coll: Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
8 p.m. Symphony Hall
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October 11

Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
Benjamin Zander, conductor
Guy Braunstein, violinist
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
3 p.m. Symphony Hall
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Boston Chamber Music Society
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2
Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet
3 p.m. Sanders Theatre

Concord Chamber Music Society
Daniel Chong, violinist
Jessica Bodner, violist
Karen Ouzounian, cellist
Katherine Chi, pianist
Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor
Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3
3 p.m. Meadow Hall, Groton

Chameleon Arts Ensemble
Britten: Phantasy Quartet
Carter: Woodwind Quintet
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 2
Cage: Nocturne
Strauss: Piano Quartet
4 p.m. First Church in Boston

Helix Ensemble
Tianyi Ren, conductor
Bruckner: Symphony No. 1
7:30 p.m. Church of the Covenant

October 12

Carriage House Violins
Keila Wakao, violinist
Program TBA
7:30 p.m. Carriage House Violins Boston Showroom

October 15

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violinist
Seth Parker Woods, cellist
Tchaikovsky: “Polonaise” from Eugene Onegin
Simon: Double Concerto Suite
Tchaikovsky: Act 2 from The Nutcracker
7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall
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October 16

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violinist
Seth Parker Woods, cellist
Tchaikovsky: “Polonaise” from Eugene Onegin
Simon: Double Concerto Suite
Tchaikovsky: Act 2 from The Nutcracker
1:30 p.m. Symphony Hall
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Music Worcester
The Knights
Emanuel Ax, pianist
Bologne: Overture to L’amant anonyme
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
7:30 p.m. Mechanics Hall, Worcester

Vivo Performing Arts
Brentano String Quartet
Shostakovich: excerpts from 24 Preludes and Fugues
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 15
Bach: Fugue
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14
8 p.m. Jordan Hall
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October 17

Vivo Performing Arts
Castle of Our Skins
Program TBA
3 p.m. Twelfth Baptist Church
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Arts Empowering Life
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Finzi: Love’s Labours Lost
7:30 p.m. Performing Arts Center, Brewster

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violinist
Seth Parker Woods, cellist
Tchaikovsky: “Polonaise” from Eugene Onegin
Simon: Double Concerto Suite
Tchaikovsky: Act 2 from The Nutcracker
8 p.m. Symphony Hall
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Longwood Symphony Orchestra
Jotaro Nakano, conductor
Albert Cano Smit, pianist
Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
Larrea: FAyuca
Gershwin: Concerto in F
8 p.m. Jordan Hall

Radius Ensemble
Kouyoumdjian: Studies on Rage for Each Day of the Week
Russell: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
Shaw: Limestone and Felt
Poulenc: Sextet
8 p.m. Thomas Tull Concert Hall

Seraphim Singers
Eric Christopher Perry, conductor
Heinrich Christensen, organist
Fuller: Animal Requiem
8 p.m. St. John the Evangelist, Wellesley Hills

October 18

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
ACRONYM
Rossi: Sinfonia grave à5
Rossi: Gagliarda Massara
Duarte: Sinfonia à5, No. 5
Carissimi: Regina Hester
Schmelzer: Balletto, genandt das Narrenspittall
Charpentier: Historia Esther
de La Guerre: Esther
1:30 p.m. Calderwood Hall

Seraphim Singers
Eric Christopher Perry, conductor
Heinrich Christensen, organist
Fuller: Animal Requiem
3 p.m. First Church in Cambridge

Vivo Performing Arts
Bruce Liu, pianist
Ligeti: “Fanfares”
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14
Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp minor
Chopin: Nocturne in D-flat major
Albéniz: “El Puerto”
Bach: French Suite No. 5
Debussy: Rêverie
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Mompou: Glossa sobre “Au clair de lune”
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole
3 p.m. Groton Hill Music Center, Groton
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Arts Empowering Life
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Finzi: Love’s Labours Lost
3:30 p.m. Performing Arts Center, Brewster

Emmanuel Music
Tan: River of the Trunk
Habibi: Beloved of the Sky
Beethoven/Fischer: Symphony No. 6
4 p.m. Emmanuel Church

October 20

Boston Camerata
Anne Azéma, director
Program TBA
6:30 p.m. Pickman Hall

October 22

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Kent Nagano, conductor
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture
Machover: already and not yet
Nante: Ein feste Burg
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Symphony Hall
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October 23

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Kent Nagano, conductor
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture
Machover: already and not yet
Nante: Ein feste Burg
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5
1:30 p.m. Symphony Hall
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Back Bay Chorale
Stephen Spinelli, conductor
Tim Pyper and Justin Thomas Blackwell, organists
Luis Herrera, percussionist
Britten: Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Wadsworth: Beyond the Years
Wadsworth: De Profundis
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
7:30 p.m. Old South Church

Music Worcester
Emi Ferguson, flautist
J.S. Bach: Sonata in E-flat
C. P. E. Bach: Sonata in C
J. S. Bach: Sonata in G minor
J. S. Bach: Sonata in A
C. P. E. Bach: Sonata in G
J. S. Bach: Sonata in B minor
7:30 p.m. WAMS Works, Worcester

October 24

A Far Cry
Tucker: Breathing Sunlight
Otten: L’Assillo
Wiancko: American Haiku
Shaw: Limestone and Felt
Penderecki: Ciaccona
Golijov: Mariel
3 p.m. St. John’s, Jamaica Plain

Blue Heron
Scott Metcalf, conductor
Works by Binchois, Du Fay, Okeghem, La Rue, and Bauldeweyn
3 p.m. First Church in Cambridge

Cappella Clausura
Holly Druckman, conductor
Works by Steiner, Hildegard, Clarke, Samuel, and LeClair
4 p.m. Emmanuel Church

Music Worcester
Concora
Chris Shepard, conductor
Bach: Bleib be uns, denn es will Abend warden
Bach: Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot
Bach: Herr, wie du willt, so schick’s mit mir
4 p.m. WAMS Works, Worcester

New England Philharmonic
Tianhui Ng, conductor
Danielle Maddon, violinist
Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums
Billings: Remember Thee, O Boston
Meier: Liberty, From the Ashes of Tyranny
Ballard: Incident at Wounded Knee
Tower: Violin Concerto
Schuman: New England Triptych
Carillo: new work
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
7 p.m. Tsai Performance Center

Musica Sacra
Mary Bleekman, conductor
Schütz: Selig sind die Toten
Mozart: Requiem
7:30 p.m. First Church in Cambridge

Music Worcester
Boris Giltburg, pianist
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
7:30 p.m. Curtis Hall, Worcester

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Kent Nagano, conductor
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture
Machover: already and not yet
Nante: Ein feste Burg
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5
8 p.m. Symphony Hall
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October 25

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Kara Dugan, mezzo-soprano
Peter Dugan, pianist
Katherine Winterstein, violinist
Gabriela Díaz, violinist
Mina Lavcheva, violinist
Cara Pogossian, violist
Jia Kim, cellist
Emi Ferguson, flautist
Cory Peutaro, accordionist
Works by Massenet, Delibes, Puccini, Joplin, and others
1:30 p.m. Calderwood Hall

A Far Cry
Tucker: Breathing Sunlight
Otten: L’Assillo
Wiancko: American Haiku
Shaw: Limestone and Felt
Penderecki: Ciaccona
Golijov: Mariel
3 p.m. First Church in Cambridge

Vivo Performing Arts
Geneva Lewis, violinist
Joshua Mhoon, pianist
Mozart: Violin Sonata in G
Silvestrov: Two Pieces
Weinberg: Sonata No. 5
Webern: Four Pieces
Strauss: Violin Sonata
3 p.m. Groton Hill Music Center, Groton
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Borromeo Quartet
Boston String Academy
Program TBA
3 p.m. Mulitcultural Arts Center, Cambridge
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Cappella Clausura
Holly Druckman, conductor
Works by Steiner, Hildegard, Clarke, Samuel, and LeClair
4 p.m. Grace Episcopal Church, Newton

Boston Camerata
Anne Azéma, director
Program drawn from American Revolution-era songs
4:30 p.m. Harvard Memorial Church

October 29

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Alarm Will Sound
Haas: in vain
7 p.m. Calderwood Hall