» Today: Saturday, May 25, 2013 in Jamaica Plain at 4:00 pm

• J.P Concerts (617.874.4009) presents
• XERCES BLUE ENSEMBLE and TRIUMVIRATE
• Location: St. John’s Church, 1 Roanoke Ave.
• Songs by Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791), and Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672). Tickets are $10 at the door.

» Today: Saturday, May 25, 2013 in Brookline at 7:30 pm

• Grand Harmonie presents
• Grand Harmonie
• Location: United Parish, 210 Harvard Street
• Rossini’s Overture to La Cenerentola Weber’s Clarinet Concerto # 1 Mendelssohn’s Symphony #3 “Scottish” Conducted by Adam Boyles Thomas Carroll, Clarinet $25 general, $15 student/senior

» Today: Saturday, May 25, 2013 in Boston at 8:00 pm

• New England Conservatory presents
• NEC Youth Philharmonic Orchestra with Hugh Wolf, conductor
• Location: Jordan Hall
• Golijov: Last Round Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Act 3 Suite Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique FREE

» Tomorow: Sunday, May 26, 2013 in Ashburnham at 4:00 pm

• Frederick Historic Piano Collection ((978) 827-6232) presents
• ERIC STUMACHER, piano by J.B. Streicher, Vienna (1871)
• Location: Ashburnham Community Church
• Brahms: 25 Variations & Fugue in Bb on a theme by Handel, Op. 24; Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 119; Drei Intermezzi, Op. 117; Sechs Klavierstücke, Op. 118.

» In 3 Days: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in Boston at 12:15 pm

• King’s Chapel presents
• Mid-Day Recitals
• Location: Kings Chapel
• Kevin Galic plays the C.B. Fisk Organ NEC String Quartet Works by Walther and Soler Suggested donation $3

» In 4 Days: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 in Methuen at 8:00 pm

• Methuen Memorial Music Hall ((978) 685-0693) presents
• Organ Recital Series
• Location: 192 Broadway
• Karen Electra Christianson plays the Great Organ Works by Cooman, Schumann, Wammes, Franck and Widor $12 Adults; $5 Children

» In 5 Days: Thursday, May 30, 2013 in Boston at 8:00 pm

• Juventas New Music Ensemble (BCA) (617 933 8600) presents
• Polina Nazaykinskaya’s The Magic Mirror
• Location: BCA Plaza Theatre, 539 Tremont Street
• A new version of Snow White based on Pushkin’s version of the fairy tale. Music Director: Lidiya Yankovskaya Stage Director: Erin Huelskamp Set Designer: Varvara Sosedova $25 – $15

» In 6 Days: Friday, May 31, 2013 in Boston at 8:00 pm

• Guerilla Opera presents
• Giver of Light by Adam Roberts
• Location: The Zack Box Theater, The Boston Conservatory
• Based on the true life events of 11th century poet Rumi, composer Adam Roberts transposes this story to the American mid-west to explore what love is and who it can be between. Directed by Andrew Eggert

» In 6 Days: Friday, May 31, 2013 in Boston at 8:00 pm

• Juventas New Music Ensemble (BCA) (617 933 8600) presents
• Polina Nazaykinskaya’s The Magic Mirror
• Location: BCA Plaza Theatre, 539 Tremont Street
• A new version of Snow White based on Pushkin’s version of the fairy tale. Music Director: Lidiya Yankovskaya Stage Director: Erin Huelskamp Set Designer: Varvara Sosedova $25 – $15

» In 7 Days: Saturday, June 1, 2013 in Manchester-by-the-Sea at 7:00 pm

• Crowell Chapel (Crowell Chapel, Rosedale Cemetery) presents
• Ute Gfrerer, soprano
• Location: Crowell Chapel, Rosedale Cemetery
• Music and life stories of German Jewish composers who fled the Nazis in the1930s and survived through their deep love of life, art…and humor Music by by Norbert Glanzberg (Edith Piaf brought his music to the world), Kurt Weill, HermanLeopoldi, Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein and Stephen Sondheim

» In 8 Days: Sunday, June 2, 2013 in Newton at 2:00 pm

• Kammerwerke Double Wind Quintet ((617) 325-9037) presents
• Kammerwerke Double Wind Quintet
• Location: Evangelical Baptist Church, 23 Chapel Stree
• Alan Pearlmutter, conductor Joachim Raff: Sinfonietta, Op. 188 Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite from Moscow Cheryomushki, Op. 105 Arr. Trevor Cramer Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16 Arr. Tony Turrill General: $15, Senior/Student: $10, EBC Attendees $5, Children under 12: free.

» In 8 Days: Sunday, June 2, 2013 in Ashburnham at 4:00 pm

• Frederick Historic Piano Collection ((978) 827-6232) presents
• REBECCA HARTKA, violoncello; GREGORY HAYES, piano by Erard, Paris (1893)
• Location: Ashburnham Community Church
• Nadia Boulanger: Trois pièces pour violoncelle & piano Fauré: Cello Sonata No. 1 in d, Op.109 Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong Debussy: Cello Sonata in d, L’isle joyeuse Frank Bridge: Cello Sonata in d, Op. 125

» In 11 Days: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 in Methuen at 8:00 pm

• Methuen Memorial Music Hall ((978) 685-0693) presents
• Organ Recital Series
• Location: 192 Broadway
• K. Bryan Kirk plays the Great Organ Works by Lemmens, Kirk, Smith, Benware, Bédard and Franck $12 Adults; $5 Children

» In 13 Days: Friday, June 7, 2013 in Rockport at 8:00 pm

• Rockport Music presents
• Opening Night
• Location: Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street
• Peter Serkin and David Deveau, pianists And A Far Cry string orchestra J.S. BACH: Double Concertos for Two Keyboards and Strings In C minor, BWV 1060 and C major, BWV 1061 Selection of Chorales and Fugues for string orchestra

» In 14 Days: Saturday, June 8, 2013 in Lexington at 7:00 pm

• Lexington Symphony presents
• Concert in the Round
• Location: Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue
• Gain a new perspective on the orchestra, which will be situated in the middle of Cary Hall for this informal concert in the round. The program features favorite selections by individual sections of the orchestra (strings, woodwinds, and brass) and a performance of Vaughan Williams’s “The Lark Ascending” by 16- year-old Lexington violinist Yuki Beppu. Audience members can change seats at each break between pieces, and can even sit right in the middle of the orchestra! Pre-concert Q&A at 6 p.m. with Music Director Jonathan McPhee and players. $40 ($20 for students)

» In 14 Days: Saturday, June 8, 2013 in Lexington at 8:00 pm

• Lexington Symphony presents
• Lexington Symphony
• Location: Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue
• Conductor Jonathan McPhee Informal Concert in the Round Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, Vaughan Williams “The Lark Ascending,” Yuki Beppu, violin and more Conductor’s Talk 7pm Tickets $50/$40/$30 ($20 student)

» In 14 Days: Saturday, June 8, 2013 in New Lebanon at 8:00 pm

• Tannery Pond Concerts presents
• Sebastian Bäverstam, cello and Yannick Rafalimanana, piano
• Location: Mount Lebanon Shaker Village
• J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major Ludvig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99

» In 15 Days: Sunday, June 9, 2013 in Boston at 10:30 am

• Boston Early Music Festival BEMF Fringe Concert presents
• Fringe Concert
• Location: Locations around Boston
• The many BEMF Fringe concerts for today can be found here

» In 15 Days: Sunday, June 9, 2013 in Brighton at 3:00 pm

• Commonwealth Lyric Theater (617-771-8881) presents
• Rachmaninoff’s Aleko
• Location: Center Makor, 1845 Commonwealth Ave.
• Adaptation of Rachmaninoff’s Opera ALEKO by A. Prokhorov and M. Shulman: American Audiences have not heard ALEKO since 1916. Aleko- Mikhail Svetlov, bass, Wesley Ray Thomas, baritone Zemfi – Janna Baty, soprano, Knarik Nerkarkaryan, soprano The Old Gypsy – Pawel Izdebski, bass, Alexander Prokhorov, bass-baritone The Young Gypsy – Giovanni Formisano, tenor, Marco Antonio Jordao, tenor The Old Gypsy Woman – Danute Mileika, mezzo-soprano; Anne Byrne, mezzo-soprano Artistic Director – Alexander Prokhorov Executive Director – Olga Lisovskaya Choreographer/Stage Director – Anna Kravets Conducto – Lidiya Yankovskaya

» In 15 Days: Sunday, June 9, 2013 in Nahant at 4:00 pm

• Ellingwood Chapel Concert Series (781-367-2007) presents
• Ute Gfrerer, soprano
• Location: Ellingwood Chapel, 195 Nahant Rd.
• Music and life stories of German Jewish composers who fled the Nazis in the1930s and survived through their deep love of life, art…and humor Music by by Norbert Glanzberg (Edith Piaf brought his music to the world), Kurt Weill, HermanLeopoldi, Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein and Stephen Sondheim

» In 15 Days: Sunday, June 9, 2013 in Brighton at 7:00 pm

• Commonwealth Lyric Theater (617-771-8881) presents
• Rachmaninoff’s Aleko
• Location: Center Makor, 1845 Commonwealth Ave.
• Adaptation of Rachmaninoff’s Opera ALEKO by A. Prokhorov and M. Shulman: American Audiences have not heard ALEKO since 1916. Aleko- Mikhail Svetlov, bass, Wesley Ray Thomas, baritone Zemfi – Janna Baty, soprano, Knarik Nerkarkaryan, soprano The Old Gypsy – Pawel Izdebski, bass, Alexander Prokhorov, bass-baritone The Young Gypsy – Giovanni Formisano, tenor, Marco Antonio Jordao, tenor The Old Gypsy Woman – Danute Mileika, mezzo-soprano; Anne Byrne, mezzo-soprano Artistic Director – Alexander Prokhorov Executive Director – Olga Lisovskaya Choreographer/Stage Director – Anna Kravets Conducto – Lidiya Yankovskaya

» In 16 Days: Monday, June 10, 2013 in Boston at 10:30 am

• Boston Early Music Festival BEMF Fringe Concert presents
• Fringe Concert
• Location: Locations around Boston
• The many BEMF Fringe concerts for today can be found here

» In 16 Days: Monday, June 10, 2013 in Boston at 8:00 pm

• Boston Early Music Festival presents
• BEMF Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation Quartet
• Location: Jordan Hall
• Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano Amandine Beyer, violin Miloš Valent, viola Eric Hoeprich, Baroque clarinet Music of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, on Mozart’s Original Instruments

» In 17 Days: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 in Boston at 3:00 pm

• Boston Early Music Festival (FL) (888-722-5288) presents
• Mark Edwards, harpsichord
• Location: First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street
• From Innocence to Experience: Music of the young J.S. Bach Bruges harpsichord competition first prize, 2012 Toccata in D major BWV 912, Chromatic fantasia BWV 903a, Sarabande con partite in c minor BWV 990, and Edwards’ new arrangement of the famous Chaconne in d minor after BWV 1004. $15 normal, $10 discounted price

» In 17 Days: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 in Boston at 8:00 pm

• Boston Early Music Festival presents
• Dame Emma Kirkby & Paul O’Dette, lute
• Location: Jordan Hall
• Time Stands Still: Music of John Dowland

» In 17 Days: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 in Boston at 11:00 pm

• Boston Early Music Festival presents
• Kenneth Weiss, virginals, Flemish & Italian harpsichords
• Location: Jordan Hall
• A Cleare Day: Pieces from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book

» In 18 Days: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 in Boston at 2:00 pm

• Boston Early Music Festival (EC) (617-661-1812) presents
• Philippe Pierlot, viola da gamba and Lorenzo Ghielmi, harpsichord
• Location: Emmanuel Church 15 Newbury Street
• Master and Student

» In 18 Days: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 in Boston at 8:00 pm

• Boston Early Music Festival presents
• La Risonanza Fabio Bonizzoni, director
• Location: Jordan Hall
• Handel: From England to Italy New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall Roberta Invernizzi, soprano Ana Liz Ojeda & Claudia Combs, violin Caterina Dell’Agnello, violoncello Fabio Bonizzoni, harpsichord & director

» In 18 Days: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 in Boston at 11:15 pm

• Boston Early Music Festival (EC) (617-661-1812) presents
• Elizabeth Kenny, lute
• Location: Emmanuel Church 15 Newbury Street
• English eccentrics, French fanatics: Cuthbert Hely, the Gaultiers, and Robert Johnson

» In 19 Days: Thursday, June 13, 2013 in Boston at 5:00 pm

• Boston Early Music Festival presents
• The Newberry Consort
• Location: Jordan Hall
• David Douglass & Ellen Hargis, directors With Exsultemus, Period Vocal Ensemble Shannon Canavin, Artistic Director Rosa das Rosas: Cantigas de Santa Maria

» In 19 Days: Thursday, June 13, 2013 in Boston at 8:00 pm

• Boston Early Music Festival presents
• BEMF Orchestra
• Location: Jordan Hall
• Robert Mealy, director The Birth of the Orchestra: The extravagant and sonorous sounds of Paris and Rome, c.1700

» In 19 Days: Thursday, June 13, 2013 in Brighton at 8:00 pm

• Commonwealth Lyric Theater (617-771-8881) presents
• Rachmaninoff’s Aleko
• Location: Center Makor, 1845 Commonwealth Ave.
• Adaptation of Rachmaninoff’s Opera ALEKO by A. Prokhorov and M. Shulman: American Audiences have not heard ALEKO since 1916. Aleko- Mikhail Svetlov, bass, Wesley Ray Thomas, baritone Zemfi – Janna Baty, soprano, Knarik Nerkarkaryan, soprano The Old Gypsy – Pawel Izdebski, bass, Alexander Prokhorov, bass-baritone The Young Gypsy – Giovanni Formisano, tenor, Marco Antonio Jordao, tenor The Old Gypsy Woman – Danute Mileika, mezzo-soprano; Anne Byrne, mezzo-soprano Artistic Director – Alexander Prokhorov Executive Director – Olga Lisovskaya Choreographer/Stage Director – Anna Kravets Conducto – Lidiya Yankovskaya

» In 20 Days: Friday, June 14, 2013 in Boston at 10:30 am

• Boston Early Music Festival BEMF Fringe Concert presents
• Fringe Concert
• Location: Locations around Boston
• The many BEMF Fringe concerts for today can be foundhere

» In 20 Days: Friday, June 14, 2013 in Boston at 7:00 pm

• Boston Early Music Festival (CM) (617-661-1812) presents
• Handel’s Almira
• Location: Cutler Majestic Theater
• Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer Veronica Cangemi, Almira Amanda Forsythe, Edilia BEMF Orchestra, Robert Mealy, Concertmaster BEMF Dance Ensemble, Melinda Sullivan, Ballet Mistress

» In 20 Days: Friday, June 14, 2013 in Arlington at 7:45 pm

• Philharmonic Society of Arlington (TH) presents
• Pops
• Location: Town Hall
• The Arlington-Belmont Chorale and The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra Music of Frank Loesser among many others Walter Pavasaris, James Russell Smith, Barry Singer and Julia O’Toole, Conducting

» In 20 Days: Friday, June 14, 2013 in Boston at 8:00 pm

• Boston Early Music Festival (EC) (617-661-1812) presents
• The Hilliard Ensemble
• Location: Emmanuel Church 15 Newbury Street
• A Hilliard Songbook

» In 20 Days: Friday, June 14, 2013 in Boston at 10:15 pm

• Boston Early Music Festival (EC) (617-661-1812) presents
• Siobhán Armstrong, late Medieval harp and Aine Ni Dhroighneain, voice
• Location: Emmanuel Church 15 Newbury Street
• My Small Dark Rose: Music of Early Ireland

» In 21 Days: Saturday, June 15, 2013 in Boston at 2:30 pm

• Boston Early Music Festival presents
• Hespèrion XXI
• Location: Jordan Hall
• Jordi Savall, director Istanbul: Dimitrie Cantemir’s The Book of the Science of Music and the Ottoman, Sephardic & Armenian traditions

» In 21 Days: Saturday, June 15, 2013 in Great Barrington at 6:00 pm

• Aston Magna (DAC) presents
• The Art of the Chalumeau
• Location: The Daniel Arts Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA
• Works of Vivaldi, Conti, Telemann and Ziani. Eric Hoeprich, chalumeau; Stephen Hammer, baroque oboe; Kristen Watson, soprano; and string ensemble.

» In 21 Days: Saturday, June 15, 2013 in Boston at 8:00 pm

• Boston Early Music Festival presents
• Chamber Opera
• Location: Jordan Hall
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors Gilbert Blin, Stage Director Anna Watkins, Costume Designer Melinda Sullivan, Choreographer Lenore Doxsee, Lighting Designer

» In 21 Days: Saturday, June 15, 2013 in Boston at 11:00 pm

• Boston Early Music Festival presents
• Tragicomedia and Friends Stephen Stubbs, director
• Location: Jordan Hall
• Singen, Spielen, Tanzen, Trinken

» In 22 Days: Sunday, June 16, 2013 in Boston at 3:30 pm

• Boston Early Music Festival (CM) (617-661-1812) presents
• Handel’s Almira
• Location: Cutler Majestic Theater
• Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer Veronica Cangemi, Almira Amanda Forsythe, Edilia BEMF Orchestra, Robert Mealy, Concertmaster BEMF Dance Ensemble, Melinda Sullivan, Ballet Mistress

» In 22 Days: Sunday, June 16, 2013 in Weston at 7:30 pm

• Rivers School Conservatory presents
• Chopin’s 1841 concert
• Location: The Rivers School Conservatory, 333 Winter Street
• A reenactment of Chopin’s 1841 concert at the Pleyel Salons in Paris Two soprano arias from Adolphe Adam’s Opera comique La Rose de Peronne (1840); Heinrich Ernst’s Elegie in C Minor, Op. 10 for violin and piano; and works by Chopin, including the Ballade in F major, Op. 38, the Scherzo in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39, the Polonaise in A Major, Op. 40, No. 1, and selected mazurkas, etudes and nocturnes. Colleen Palmer, soprano; Lewis Flores, violin Roberto Poli, piano

» In 25 Days: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 in Methuen at 8:00 pm

• Methuen Memorial Music Hall ((978) 685-0693) presents
• Organ Recital Series
• Location: 192 Broadway
• William Ness plays the Great Organ Works by Weitz, Langlais, Falcinelli, Demessieux, Hakim and Dupré $12 Adults; $5 Children

» In 26 Days: Thursday, June 20, 2013 in Rockport at 8:00 pm

• Rockport Music presents
• Calder Quartet
• Location: Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street
• ESA-PEKKA SALONEN: Homunculus BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 5 RAVEL: String Quartet in F major

» In 27 Days: Friday, June 21, 2013 in Blue Hill at 7:30 pm

• Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival (207-374-2203) presents
• Attacca Quartet
• Location: Kneisel Hall
• Haydn: Quartet No. 25 in C major, Op. 20, No. 2 Quartet No. 55 in D major, Op. 71, No. 2 Quartet No. 62 in C major, Op. 76, No. 3 “Emperor”

» In 27 Days: Friday, June 21, 2013 in Rockport at 8:00 pm

• Rockport Music presents
• The Play of Daniel: A Twelfth-Century Music-Drama
• Location: Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street
• A Gotham Early Music Scene NY Production Ludus Danielis will be performed in full costume and sung in Latin.

» In 28 Days: Saturday, June 22, 2013 in Great Barrington at 7:00 pm

• Boston Early Music Festical (617-661-1812) presents
• Handel’s Almira
• Location: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Stree
• Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer Veronica Cangemi, Almira Amanda Forsythe, Edilia BEMF Orchestra, Robert Mealy, Concertmaster BEMF Dance Ensemble, Melinda Sullivan, Ballet Mistress

» In 28 Days: Saturday, June 22, 2013 in Rockport at 8:00 pm

• Rockport Music presents
• Calder Quartet
• Location: Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street
• withJohn Bruce Yeh, clarinet David Deveau, piano MOZART: Kegelstatt Trio in E-flat major, K.498 for clarinet, viola, and piano AARON JAY KERNIS: Perpetual Chaconne (2012) for clarinet and strings BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131

» In 29 Days: Sunday, June 23, 2013 in Great Barrington at 2:30 pm

• Boston Early Music Festical (617-661-1812) presents
• Handel’s Almira
• Location: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Stree
• Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer Veronica Cangemi, Almira Amanda Forsythe, Edilia BEMF Orchestra, Robert Mealy, Concertmaster BEMF Dance Ensemble, Melinda Sullivan, Ballet Mistress

» In 32 Days: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 in Methuen at 8:00 pm

• Methuen Memorial Music Hall ((978) 685-0693) presents
• Organ Recital Series
• Location: 192 Broadway
• Frederick Hohman plays the Great Organ Summer Scholarship Fund Organ Recital Works by Saint-Saëns, Bach, Franck, Liszt, Hohman, Karg-Elert and Vierne $12 Adults; $5 Children

» In 33 Days: Thursday, June 27, 2013 in Rockport at 8:00 pm

• Rockport Music presents
• Boston Symphony Chamber Players
• Location: Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street
• with David Deveau, piano MOZART: Violin Sonata in B-flat, K. 454 MARTINU: Nonet CARTER: Figment III BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114

» In 34 Days: Friday, June 28, 2013 in Brunswick at 7:30 pm

• Bowdoin International Music Festival (CT) ((207) 725-3895) presents
• Festival Fridays
• Location: Croocker Theater
• MOZART: Flute Quartet in C Major, K. 285b BRAHMS: String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2 Ying Quartet SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet in G Major, Op. 57 Ilya Kaler, Olga Kaler, violins; Karen Dreyfus, viola; Steven Doane, cello; Boris Slutsky, piano

» In 34 Days: Friday, June 28, 2013 in Annandale-On-Hudson at 8:00 pm

• Aston Magna (AH) presents
• Masterworks by J.S. Bach and Marin Marais
• Location: Olin Hall at Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
• Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 and cantata “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen;” Marais arias and solo music for the viola da gamba. Dominique Labelle, soprano; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Catherine Liddell theorbo; Josh Cohen, Baroque trumpet; and chamber orchestra led by Daniel Stepner.

» In 35 Days: Saturday, June 29, 2013 in Charlemont at 7:00 pm

• Mohawk Trails Concerts (413-625-9511) presents
• ROSSINI, VERDI, POULENC, BRITTEN
• Location: Federated Church
• A Tribute to Eric Grinnell Rossini: Sonata for Strings No. 6 in D major Verdi: Quartet in e minor (1873) Britten: On This Island Op.11 (1937) (cycle of 4 songs to poems by Auden) Britten: English Folksong Settings Poulenc: Selection of Songs Montparnasse To vois le feu du soir William Hite, tenor; Estela Olevsky, piano; Joel Pitchon, Masako Yanagita,violin; Ronald Gorevic, viola; Volcy Pelletier, cello; Salvatore Macchia, double bass

» In 35 Days: Saturday, June 29, 2013 in Rockport at 8:00 pm

• Rockport Music presents
• Sergey Antonov, cello
• Location: Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street
• Sergey Antonov was Gold Medalist Winner of the 2007 InternationalTchaikovsky Cello with Ilya Kazantsev, 1998 Gold Medal Winner of the Artur Rubinstein International Competition in Paris. GRIEG: Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 36 PAUL CRESTON: Suite for cello and piano RACHMANINOFF: Sonata in G minor for cello and piano, Op. 19

» In 36 Days: Sunday, June 30, 2013 in Woodstock at 4:00 pm

• Maverick Concerts (845-679-8217) presents
• Miró Quartet
• Location: 120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock
• with MELVIN CHEN, piano “England and Romanticism” Beethoven: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, “Serioso” Schumann: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 47 Sir Edward Elgar: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Minor, Op. 84 (1919)

» In 36 Days: Sunday, June 30, 2013 in Rockport at 5:00 pm

• Rockport Music presents
• Dubravka Tomsic, piano
• Location: Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street
• Works of Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin, and Liszt

» In 37 Days: Monday, July 1, 2013 in Lenox at 2:30 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) (617-638-9267) presents
• String Quartet Marathon
• Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
• Tanglewood Music Center Instrumental Fellows Program TBA

» In 38 Days: Tuesday, July 2, 2013 in Lenox at 2:30 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) (617-638-9267) presents
• String Quartet Marathon
• Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
• Tanglewood Music Center Instrumental Fellows Program TBA

» In 40 Days: Thursday, July 4, 2013 in Waltham at 8:00 pm

• Aston Magna (W) presents
• Shades of Love Lost
• Location: Slosberg Recital Hall 415 South Street
• Aston Magna Madrigal Singers. Music from the Library of Thomas Jefferson Music of Corelli, Mozart, J.C. Bach, Maria Cosway, and American composer, Francis Hopkinson, and writings from Jefferson’s library.

» In 41 Days: Friday, July 5, 2013 in Brunswick at 7:30 pm

• Bowdoin International Music Festival (CT) ((207) 725-3895) presents
• Festival Fridays
• Location: Croocker Theater
• CHARLES IVES Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 Lewis Kaplan, violin; Peter Basquin, piano GEORGE GERSHWIN Three Preludes Rhapsody in Blue Eric Zuber, piano SAMUEL BARBER Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14 David Coucheron, violin Bowdoin Festival Orchestra, Lewis Kaplan, conductor AARON COPLAND A Lincoln Portrait Angus King, narrator Bowdoin Festival Orchestra, Lewis Kaplan, conductor

» In 41 Days: Friday, July 5, 2013 in Annandale-On-Hudson at 8:00 pm

• Aston Magna (AH) presents
• Shades of Love Lost
• Location: Olin Hall at Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
• Aston Magna Madrigal Singers. Music from the Library of Thomas Jefferson Music of Corelli, Mozart, J.C. Bach, Maria Cosway, and American composer, Francis Hopkinson, and writings from Jefferson’s library.

» In 42 Days: Saturday, July 6, 2013 in Great Barrington at 6:00 pm

• Aston Magna (DAC) presents
• Shades of Love Lost
• Location: The Daniel Arts Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA
• Aston Magna Madrigal Singers. Music from the Library of Thomas Jefferson Music of Corelli, Mozart, J.C. Bach, Maria Cosway, and American composer, Francis Hopkinson, and writings from Jefferson’s library.

» In 42 Days: Saturday, July 6, 2013 in Lenox at 8:30 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) (617-638-9267) presents
• Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
• Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
• Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano Woman of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor PALS Children’s Chorus, Andy Icochea Icochea, conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 3

» In 43 Days: Sunday, July 7, 2013 in Blue Hill at 4:00 pm

• Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival (207-374-2203) presents
• Chamber Music
• Location: Kneisel Hall
• Schubert: Sonata for piano 4-hands, D. 812, “Grand Duo” Coop, Lipkin String quintet in C major, Op. 163 D. 956 Smukler, Bowlin, Lederer, Kouzov, Krosnick

» In 44 Days: Monday, July 8, 2013 in Brunswick at 7:30 pm

• Bowdoin International Music Festival (SZ) ((207) 725-3895) presents
• Monday Sonatas
• Location: Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College
• SERGEI PROKOFIEV Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35bis Cyrus Forough, violin; Tao Lin, piano LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 32, Op. 111 Eric Zuber, piano GEORGE ENESCU Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 6 Ani Schnarch, violin; Emma Tahmizian, piano MAURICE RAVEL La Valse Emma Tahmizian, piano

» In 46 Days: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 in Methuen at 8:00 pm

• Methuen Memorial Music Hall ((978) 685-0693) presents
• Organ Recital Series
• Location: 192 Broadway
• Margaret Irwin-Brandon plays the Great Organ Works by Marchand, Scheidt, Tunder, Piazzolla, Bach, Messiaen, C.P.E. Bach, Beethoven and Anonymous $12 Adults; $5 Children

» In 47 Days: Thursday, July 11, 2013 in Waltham at 8:00 pm

• Aston Magna (W) presents
• Music from the Library of Thomas Jefferson
• Location: Slosberg Recital Hall 415 South Street
• Music of Corelli, Mozart, J.C. Bach, Maria Cosway, and American composer, Francis Hopkinson, and writings from Jefferson’s library. Sharon Baker, soprano; Daniel Stepner violin; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord

» In 48 Days: Friday, July 12, 2013 in Charlemont at 7:00 pm

• Mohawk Trails Concerts (413-625-9511) presents
• Bolcom and Morris
• Location: Federated Church
• Woilliam Bolcom: Theatre & Cabaret Songs ~ recalling Piaf Sonatina for violin and piano William Bolcom, piano; Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano; Masako Yanagita, violin

» In 48 Days: Friday, July 12, 2013 in Blue Hill at 7:30 pm

• Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival (207-374-2203) presents
• Chamber Music
• Location: Kneisel Hall
• Beethoven: String trio in G major, Op. 9, No.1 Bowlin, Lederer, Kouzov Debussy: Sonata for violin and piano Smukler, Coop Carter: Elegy for viola and piano Lederer, Coop Rachmaninoff: Sonata for cello and piano in G minor, Op. 19 Kouzov, Lipkin

» In 48 Days: Friday, July 12, 2013 in Rockport at 8:00 pm

• Rockport Music presents
• Andrew Rangell, piano; Aaron Boyd, violin And EVIYAN
• Location: Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street
• Evan Ziporyn, clarinet; Iva Bittová, voice and violin; Gyan Riley, guitar; Sandeep Das, tabla All George Enescu

» In 49 Days: Saturday, July 13, 2013 in Great Barrington at 6:00 pm

• Aston Magna (DAC) presents
• Music from the Library of Thomas Jefferson
• Location: The Daniel Arts Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA
• Music of Corelli, Mozart, J.C. Bach, Maria Cosway, and American composer, Francis Hopkinson, and writings from Jefferson’s library. Sharon Baker, soprano; Daniel Stepner violin; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord

» In 49 Days: Saturday, July 13, 2013 in Rockport at 8:00 pm

• Rockport Music presents
• Russell Sherman and Wha-Kyung Byun, pianos; Sooyun Kim, flute
• Location: Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street
• SCHUBERT: Divertissement a la Hongroise, D. 818 (for piano duet) MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G major (arr. for two pianos and flute obbligato)

» In 50 Days: Sunday, July 14, 2013 in Lenox at 2:30 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) (617-638-9267) presents
• Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
• Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
• Lynn Harrell, cello STRAVINSKY Suite from Pulcinella HAYDN Cello Concerto No. 1 in C BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8

» In 50 Days: Sunday, July 14, 2013 in Woodstock at 4:00 pm

• Maverick Concerts (845-679-8217) presents
• Voxaire String Quartet
• Location: 120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock
• Britten: Simple Symphony (Version for string quartet) Ned Rorem: String Quartet No. 4 (1994) (In honor of the composer’s 90th birthday) Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 3 in E Flat Minor, Op. 30

» In 50 Days: Sunday, July 14, 2013 in Rockport at 5:00 pm

• Rockport Music presents
• Canadian Brass
• Location: Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street
• Arrangements of works by Brahms, Bach, Schumann, and Bizet, as well as popular works by Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, and McCartney/Lennon.

» In 51 Days: Monday, July 15, 2013 in Lenox at 8:00 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) (617-638-9267) presents
• Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
• Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
• Conductor to be announced Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellows Program to be determine

» In 53 Days: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 in Methuen at 8:00 pm

• Methuen Memorial Music Hall ((978) 685-0693) presents
• Organ Recital Series
• Location: 192 Broadway
• Peter Latona plays the Great Organ Works by Bach, Brahms, Duruflé, Franck, Guilmant and an improvisation $12 Adults; $5 Children

» In 54 Days: Thursday, July 18, 2013 in Lenox at 8:00 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) (617-638-9267) presents
• Bryn Terfel, baritone
• Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
• with Natalia Katyukova, piano Program to include German and English art songs

» In 55 Days: Friday, July 19, 2013 in Brunswick at 7:30 pm

• Bowdoin International Music Festival (CT) ((207) 725-3895) presents
• Festival Fridays
• Location: Croocker Theater
• ARNOLD BAX Fantasy Sonata for Viola and Harp June Han, harp; Dimitri Murrath, viola JOHANNES BRAHMS Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 101 Naumburg Trio: Frank Huang, violin; David Requiro, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano ANTONIN DVORAK String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major Op. 105 Shanghai Quartet

» In 55 Days: Friday, July 19, 2013 in Lenox at 8:30 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) (617-638-9267) presents
• Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
• Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
• Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger LISZT Totentanz, for piano and orchestra BEETHOVEN (orch. MAHLER) Symphony No. 3, Eroica

» In 56 Days: Saturday, July 20, 2013 in Charlemont at 7:30 pm

• Mohawk Trails Concerts (413-625-9511) presents
• Wind and Whimsy
• Location: Federated Church
• Poulenc : Sonata for flute and piano (1958) Christopher Krueger, flute: Gregory Hayes, piano Sonata for violin and piano, Op.119 Andrew Eng, violin; Tae Kim, piano Sonata in f minor (1821) orig. violin Christopher Krueger, flute; Gregory Hayes, piano Mendelssohn: Quartet in c minor for piano & strings, Op.1 Tae Kim, piano Andrew Eng, violin; Daniel Dona, viola Agnes Kim, cello Mendelssohn

» In 57 Days: Sunday, July 21, 2013 in Lenox at 2:30 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) (617-638-9267) presents
• Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin
• Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
• Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Elizabeth Rowe, flute; John Ferrillo, oboe Thomas Rolfs, trumpet; Malcolm Lowe, violin Amanda Forsyth, cello VIVALDI Concerto in B-flat for violin, cello, and strings, RV 547 VIVALDI Concerto in A minor for two violins and strings, RV 522 J.S. BACH Concerto No. 2 in E for violin and strings, BWV 1042 TELEMANN Concerto in G for viola and strings, TWV 51:G9 J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047

» In 57 Days: Sunday, July 21, 2013 in Woodstock at 4:00 pm

• Maverick Concerts (845-679-8217) presents
• Voxaire String Quartet
• Location: 120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock
• with ILYA YAKUSHEV, piano Haydn: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74, No. 3, “The Rider” Brahms: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1 Britten: Night Piece (Notturno) for piano solo (1963) Frank Bridge: Piano Quintet in D Minor (1905)

» In 58 Days: Monday, July 22, 2013 in Brunswick at 7:30 pm

• Bowdoin International Music Festival (SZ) ((207) 725-3895) presents
• Monday Sonatas
• Location: Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College
• MA SICONG Inner Mongolia Suite Yang Xu, violin; Tao Lin, piano JOHANNES BRAHMS Sonata for Viola and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2 Jesus Rodolfo Rodriguez, viola; Constance Moore, piano SERGEI PROKOFIEV Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80 Frank Huang, violin; Constance Moore, piano

» In 60 Days: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 in Methuen at 8:00 pm

• Methuen Memorial Music Hall ((978) 685-0693) presents
• Organ Recital Series
• Location: 192 Broadway
• Harry Lyn Huff plays the Great Organ Works by Bach, Franck, Dupré, Messiaen, Alain, Hampton, Puccini and Mancini $12 Adults; $5 Children

» In 62 Days: Friday, July 26, 2013 in Charlemont at 7:00 pm

• Mohawk Trails Concerts (413-625-9511) presents
• Festival Final
• Location: Federated Church
• Arriaga: String Quartet No. 1 in d minor Joel Pitchon, Masako Yanagita, violin; Ronald Gorevic, viola; Molly Aronson, cello Crumb: Sonata for solo cello Molly Aronson, cello (b.1929) Schumann: Quintet for piano and strings, Op. 44 Anne Koscielny, piano; Joel Pitchon, Masako Yanagita, violin; Ronald Gorevic, viola; Kezia Gorevic Fisher, cello (1810-1856)

» In 62 Days: Friday, July 26, 2013 in Blue Hill at 7:30 pm

• Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival (207-374-2203) presents
• Chamber Music
• Location: Kneisel Hall
• Bach: Viola da gamba Sonata in D major, BWV 1028 Grossman, Bjerken Mozart: Oboe quartet in F major, K. 370 Hill, Copes, Murdock, Grossman Klughardt: Schilflieder for oboe, viola and piano, Op. 28 Hill, Murdock, Bjerken Dvorák: Piano quartet in E-flat, Op 87, B. 162 Copes, Murdock, Mallow, Lipkin

» In 63 Days: Saturday, July 27, 2013 in Woodstock at 6:30 pm

• Maverick Concerts (845-679-8217) presents
• Maverick Chamber Players
• Location: 120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock
• ALEXANDER PLATT “A Portrait: Britten at Woodstock” PAUL APPLEBY, tenor Members of the ensemble AUREA CHRIS TURNER and NIGEL GORE, readers THE MAVERICK CHAMBER PLAYERS Britten: Les Illuminations, for tenor and string orchestra (1939). Britten: Music from Elegy for Solo Viola Rhapsody for Strings Three Divertimenti for String Quartet Music of Mozart, Purcell, and Frank Bridge Readings of poetry by W.H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Christopher Isherwood, and Virginia Woolf

» In 63 Days: Saturday, July 27, 2013 in Charlemont at 7:30 pm

• Mohawk Trails Concerts (413-625-9511) presents
• Festival Final
• Location: Federated Church

» In 63 Days: Saturday, July 27, 2013 in Lenox at 8:30 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) (617-638-9267) presents
• Andris Nelsons, conductor
• Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
• Kristine Opolais, soprano** Lioba Braun, mezzo-soprano** Dmytro Popov, tenor ** Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor VERDI Requiem

» In 64 Days: Sunday, July 28, 2013 in New Hampshire Towns at 3:00 pm

• Monadnock Music (603-924-7610) presents
• Irina Muresanu
• Location: Various Locations
• Dublin Emmanuel Church (18 Lehmann Way, Dublin, NH) Four Strings Around the World Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for Solo Violin in D major, Op. 115 George Enescu: Airs in Romanian Folk Style Dave Flynn: TarEis an Caoineadh Fritz Kreisler: Recitativo and Scherzo, Op. 5 Niccolò Paganini: Caprice No. 24 J.S. Bach: Ciaccona in D minor, BWV 1004 Reza Vali: Calligraphy, No. 5 Ravi Shankar: L’aube Enchantee Bright Sheng: The Stream Flows Ástor Piazzolla: Tango Caprice No. 2 Mark O’Connor: Amazing Grace and Cricket Dance Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe: “Almost like Being in Love” FREE

» In 64 Days: Sunday, July 28, 2013 in Blue Hill at 4:00 pm

• Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival (207-374-2203) presents
• Chamber Music
• Location: Kneisel Hall
• Bach: Viola da gamba Sonata in D major, BWV 1028 Grossman, Bjerken Mozart: Oboe quartet in F major, K. 370 Hill, Copes, Murdock, Grossman Klughardt: Schilflieder for oboe, viola and piano, Op. 28 Hill, Murdock, Bjerken Dvorák: Piano quartet in E-flat, Op 87, B. 162 Copes, Murdock, Mallow, Lipkin

» In 66 Days: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 in Cotuit at 7:30 pm

• Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (508.247.9400) presents
• Trio Solisti
• Location: Cotuit Center for the Arts
• Beethoven: Variations on an Original Theme in E-flat Major for Piano, Violin and Cello, Opus 44 (“Piano Trio No. 10”) Chausson: Trio in G Minor for Violin, Cello and Piano, Opus 3 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arranged for piano trio by Klibonoff/Trio Solisti)

» In 67 Days: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 in Lenox at 7:30 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) (617-638-9267) presents
• Mark Morris Dance Group
• Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
• PURCELL Dido and Aeneas BRITTEN Curlew River Fully-staged productions, sung in English

» In 68 Days: Thursday, August 1, 2013 in Lenox at 7:30 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) (617-638-9267) presents
• Mark Morris Dance Group
• Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
• PURCELL Dido and Aeneas BRITTEN Curlew River Fully-staged productions, sung in English

» In 69 Days: Friday, August 2, 2013 in Brunswick at 7:30 pm

• Bowdoin International Music Festival (CT) ((207) 725-3895) presents
• Festival Fridays
• Location: Croocker Theater
• JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Suite No. 3 for Solo Cello in C major, BWV 1009 Meta Weiss, cello LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, no. 2 Shanghai Quartet PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 Mikhail Kopelman, Muneko Otani, violin; Dimitri Murrath, Jesus Rodolfo Rodriguez, viola; David Requiro, Meta Weiss, cello

» In 69 Days: Friday, August 2, 2013 in Wellfleet at 8:00 pm

• Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (508.247.9400) presents
• In Tribute to Van Cliburn’
• Location: First Congregational Church
• Haochen Zhang, piano; André-Michel Schub, piano; Jon Nakamatsu, piano. Schumann: Widmung (transcribed for solo piano by Franz Liszt) Debussy: Petite Suite for Piano Four Hands, L. 69 Stravinsky: Three Movements from Pétrouchka Mozart: Sonata in C Major for Piano Four Hands, K. 521 Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Opus 39 Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat Major, Opus 53 (“Heroic”) Richard Dyer will give a talk on Van Cliburn’s life and legacy at 7:00

» In 70 Days: Saturday, August 3, 2013 in Peterborough at 7:30 pm

• Monadnock Music (603-924-7610) presents
• Stephen Drury, piano
• Location: Peterborough Town House, 1 Grove Street
• Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No.1 in g minor Frederic Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! $32 reserved; $27 (general admission); $10 (students)

» In 71 Days: Sunday, August 4, 2013 in Lenox at 2:30 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) (617-638-9267) presents
• Charles Dutoit, conductor
• Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
• Yo-Yo Ma, cello STRAVINSKY Fireworks DVORÁK Cello Concerto STRAVINKSY The Rite of Spring

» In 71 Days: Sunday, August 4, 2013 in Chatham at 4:00 pm

• Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (508.247.9400) presents
• Chamber Music
• Location: First Congregational Church
• Maria Bachmann, violin; Clive Greensmith, cello; Jon Klibonoff, piano. Schubert: Sonatina in D Major for Violin and Piano, D. 384 (Opus posth. 137, No. 1) Saint-Saëns: Trio No. 1 in F Major for Piano, Violin and Cello, Opus 18 Mendelssohn: Trio in C Minor for Piano, Violin and Cello, Opus 66

» In 71 Days: Sunday, August 4, 2013 in Blue Hill at 4:00 pm

• Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival (207-374-2203) presents
• Chamber Music
• Location: Kneisel Hall
• Janácek: Pohadka (Fairy Tale) Grossman, Bjerken Bartók: Sonata for violin and piano, No.1 Copes, Bjerken Brahms: Piano quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 Smukler, Murdock, Mallow, Lipkin

» In 72 Days: Monday, August 5, 2013 in Provincetown at 7:30 pm

• Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (508.247.9400) presents
• American String Quartet
• Location: Provincetown Art Association Museum
• with Clive Greensmith, cello Haydn: String Quartet No. 67 in F Major, Opus 77, No. 2; Hoboken III:82 Janacek: String Quartet No. 1 (“Kreutzer Sonata”), JW 7/8 Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956

» In 73 Days: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 in Lenox at 8:30 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) (617-638-9267) presents
• Tanglewood on Parade
• Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
• Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Pops Orchestra Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Stéphane Denève, Charles Dutoit, Keith Lockhart, and John Williams, conductors Program to include BORODIN Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture Fireworks to follow the concert

» In 75 Days: Thursday, August 8, 2013 in Lenox at 6:00 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) (617-638-9267) presents
• Festival of Contemporary Music
• Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
• New Fromm Players CARTER String Quartet No. 1

» In 75 Days: Thursday, August 8, 2013 in Lenox at 8:00 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) (617-638-9267) presents
• Festival of Contemporary Music
• Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
• The Fromm Concert at Tanglewood TMC Chamber Orchestra MASON Years of Light (world premiere, TMC commission) STROPPA “Let Me Sing Into Your Ear” (U.S. premiere) CARTER Instances (east coast premiere, TMC co-commission) LACHENMANN “…zwei Gefühle…”

» In 76 Days: Friday, August 9, 2013 in Lenox at 2:30 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) (617-638-9267) presents
• Festival of Contemporary Music
• Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
• Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano Jack Quartet New Fromm Players CARTER Epigrams (U.S. premiere) LACHENMANN Grido STROPPA Traietorria (U.S. premiere)

» In 76 Days: Friday, August 9, 2013 in Blue Hill at 7:30 pm

• Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival (207-374-2203) presents
• Chamber Music
• Location: Kneisel Hall
• Mozart: Sonata in A major, K. 526 Smukler, Lipkin Beethoven: 12 Variations in F major on a Theme from Mozart’s Magic Flute, Op. 66 Mallow, Bjerken Ravel: Mother Goose Suite Bjerken, Lipkin Schumann: Piano quartet in E-flat, Op. 47 Copes, Murdock, Grossman, Bjerken

» In 77 Days: Saturday, August 10, 2013 in Peterborough at 3:30 pm

• Monadnock Music (603-924-7610) presents
• Sondheim Re-Imagined!
• Location: Peterborough Town House, 1 Grove Street
• The Liaisons Project: Composers Re-Imagining Sondheim for the Piano (Selections to be announced) Anthony De Mare, piano Tickets: $32 reserved; $27

» In 77 Days: Saturday, August 10, 2013 in Portland at 8:00 pm

• Portland Chamber Music Festival (800-320-0257) presents
• Chamber Music
• Location: Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine
• Ravel: Mother Goose Suite (Arr. Roland Kato) “27 Morningside” for Piano Trio (2011)(winner, 2013 PCMF Composers Competition) Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Pre-Concert Lecture with Professor Dan Sonenberg, 7 pm Frank Huang, violin

» In 78 Days: Sunday, August 11, 2013 in Lenox at 10:00 am

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) (617-638-9267) presents
• Festival of Contemporary Music
• Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
• Mickey Katz, cello TMC Fellows NANCARROW Study No. 6 & 7 for two pianos, transcr. Adés STROPPA Aye, There’s the Rub LIGETI Three Pieces: Monument – Self portrait – Movement REICH Music for 18 Musicians

» In 78 Days: Sunday, August 11, 2013 in Woodstock at 4:00 pm

• Maverick Concerts (845-679-8217) presents
• Trio Solisti
• Location: 120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock
• Schubert: Sonatina in D Major, Op. posth. 137, No. 1 Britten: Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80 (1967) Copland: Piano Variations (1930) Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 (1944)

» In 78 Days: Sunday, August 11, 2013 in Blue Hill at 4:00 pm

• Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival (207-374-2203) presents
• Chamber Music
• Location: Kneisel Hall
• Mozart: Sonata in A major, K. 526 Smukler, Lipkin Beethoven: 12 Variations in F major on a Theme from Mozart’s Magic Flute, Op. 66 Mallow, Bjerken Ravel: Mother Goose Suite Bjerken, Lipkin Schumann: Piano quartet in E-flat, Op. 47 Copes, Murdock, Grossman, Bjerken

» In 79 Days: Monday, August 12, 2013 in Lenox at 8:00 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) (617-638-9267) presents
• Festival of Contemporary Music
• Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
• George Benjamin, conductor TMC Fellows BENJAMIN: Written On Skin (U.S. premiere)

» In 81 Days: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 in Chatham at 7:30 pm

• Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (508.247.9400) presents
• Chamber Music
• Location: First Congregational Church
• Carmit Zori, violin; Benjamin Hochman, piano; Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, violin; Aaron Boyd, violin; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Dane Johansen, cello). Program: Handel: Sonata in D Major for Violin and Keyboard, HXV 371 Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, JB 1:105 (“From my Life”) Dvorak: Quintet in A Major for Piano and Strings, Opus 81

» In 81 Days: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 in Methuen at 8:00 pm

• Methuen Memorial Music Hall ((978) 685-0693) presents
• Organ Recital Series
• Location: 192 Broadway
• Martin Schmeding plays the Great Organ Works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Albright, Wagner, Reger and Vierne $12 Adults; $5 Children

» In 82 Days: Thursday, August 15, 2013 in Portland at 8:00 pm

• Portland Chamber Music Festival (800-320-0257) presents
• Chamber Music
• Location: Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine
• Barber: Summer Music Laurie San Martin: Circus Maximus for Piano Trio (Hikari Piano Trio) Brahms: Piano Quintet Pre-Concert Lecture with Professor Dan Sonenberg, 7 pm

» In 83 Days: Friday, August 16, 2013 in Wellfleet at 7:30 pm

• Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (508.247.9400) presents
• Chamber Music
• Location: First Congregational Church
• Carmit Zori, violin; Daniel Panner, viola; Amit Peled, cello; Tony Falanga, bass; Benjamin Hochman, piano; Lara Nie, mezzo soprano; Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, violin; Aaron Boyd, violin; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Dane Johansen, cello). Program: Brahms: Sonata No. 2 in F Major for Cello and Piano, Opus 99 Brewbaker: The Journey for Mezzo Soprano and Strings (on poems of Mary Oliver) Chausson: Concert in D Major for Piano, Violin and String Quartet, Opus

» In 83 Days: Friday, August 16, 2013 in Lenox at 8:30 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) (617-638-9267) presents
• Boston Pops
• Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
• Keith Lockhart, conductor Michael Feinstein and Friends

» In 84 Days: Saturday, August 17, 2013 in Portland at 8:00 pm

• Portland Chamber Music Festival (800-320-0257) presents
• Chamber Music
• Location: Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine
• Mozart: Horn Quintet Thomas Adès: Court Studies from “The Tempest” Spohr: Nonet Pre-Concert Lecture with Professor Dan Sonenberg, 7 pm

» In 84 Days: Saturday, August 17, 2013 in Lenox at 8:30 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) (617-638-9267) presents
• Bernard Haitink, conductor
• Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
• Isabelle Faust, violin* Camilla Tilling, soprano* MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 MAHLER Symphony No. 4

» In 85 Days: Sunday, August 18, 2013 in Jaffrey Center at 3:00 pm

• Monadnock Music (603-924-7610) presents
• Monadnock Players
• Location: Jaffrey Center Meeting House, Rt. 124
• Gustav Holst: Woodwind Quintet Anton Reicha: Woodwind Quintet Op. 88, No. 2 Irving Fine: Partita for Wind Quintet Carl Nielsen: Woodwind Quintet FREE

» In 85 Days: Sunday, August 18, 2013 in Blue Hill at 4:00 pm

• Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival (207-374-2203) presents
• Amphion String Quartet
• Location: Kneisel Hall
• Hyun, Southern, violin; Lin, viola; Marica, cello Wolf: Italian Serenade in G major Janácek: String Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters” Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

» In 85 Days: Sunday, August 18, 2013 in Watertown at 8:00 pm

• Boston Chamber Music Society (617-349-0086) presents
• Hamel Summer Series
• Location: Charles Mosesian Theater Arsenal Center for the Arts 321 Arsenal Stree
• Debussy: Violin Sonata Ravel: String Quartet in F major Violin Sonata Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 Jennifer Frautschi, violin Xiao-Dong Wang, violin Dimitri Murrath, viola Ronald Thomas, cello Mihae Lee, piano

» In 87 Days: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 in Lenox at 8:00 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) (617-638-9267) presents
• BSO Chamber Players
• Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
• Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Menahem Pressler, piano CARTER Wind Quintet (1948) CARTER Figment III for double bass (2007) COPLAND Appalachian Spring (original chamber version) KURTÁG Impromptu al Ongarese…to Menahem Pressler MOZART Piano Quartet in E-flat, K.493

» In 88 Days: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 in Methuen at 8:00 pm

• Methuen Memorial Music Hall ((978) 685-0693) presents
• Organ Recital Series
• Location: 192 Broadway
• Yun Kyong Kim plays the Great Organ Works by Vierne, Still, Brahms, Farrington, Prokofiev and Ampt $12 Adults; $5 Children

» In 89 Days: Thursday, August 22, 2013 in Lenox at 8:00 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) (617-638-9267) presents
• Daniil Trifonov, piano
• Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
• SCRIABIN Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19, Sonata-Fantasy LISZT Sonata in B minor CHOPIN Preludes, Op. 28

» In 90 Days: Friday, August 23, 2013 in Blue Hill at 7:30 pm

• Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival (207-374-2203) presents
• A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra
• Location: Kneisel Hall
• Stamitz: Sinfonia a 4 in D major, Op. 3, No. 2 Klein: Partita (Trio for violin, viola and cello, arr. by Saudek) Suk: Serenade for Strings in E-flat major, Op. 6

» In 91 Days: Saturday, August 24, 2013 in New Hampshire Towns at 3:30 pm

• Monadnock Music (603-924-7610) presents
• Monadnock Quartet
• Location: Various Locations
• Congregational Church of Temple (17 Main Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 44 in E Major Horatio Parker: String Quartet in F Major Leoš Janácek: String Quartet No. 1 Charles Ives: String Quartet No. 1 FREE

» In 91 Days: Saturday, August 24, 2013 in Lenox at 8:30 pm

• Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) (617-638-9267) presents
• Boston Pops
• Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
• John Williams’ Film Night John Williams and David Newman, conductors Audra McDonald, vocalist

» In 92 Days: Sunday, August 25, 2013 in Woodstock at 4:00 pm

• Maverick Concerts (845-679-8217) presents
• Enso String Quartet
• Location: 120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock
• Mozart: String Quartet in C Major, K. 465, “Dissonant” Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36 (1945) Verdi: String Quartet in E Minor

» In 92 Days: Sunday, August 25, 2013 in New Hampshire Towns at 6:30 pm

• Monadnock Music (603-924-7610) presents
• Season Grand Finale with Fireworks
• Location: Various Locations
• Cathedral of the Pines (10 Hale Hill Rd, Rindge, NH) Monadnock Music Wind Ensemble Gil Rose, conductor Music for the Pines & Mountains: Season Grand Finale with Fireworks Ron Nelson: Rocky Point Holiday John Philip Sousa: The Northern Pines Percy Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy John Philip Sousa: The Gladiator Andy Vores: Grand Monadnock Measures (World Premiere – Monadnock Music Commission) John Philips Sousa: Suite: The Last Days of Pompeii Percy Grainger: The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart John Philip Sousa: The Power and the Glory Ottorino Respighi /arr. Duker: The Pines of Rome Fireworks by Atlas to conclude the concert. Tickets: Special pricing to be announced

» In 95 Days: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 in Methuen at 8:00 pm

• Methuen Memorial Music Hall ((978) 685-0693) presents
• Organ Recital Series
• Location: 192 Broadway
• MIchael S. Murray plays the Great Organ Works by Walton, Vaughan Williams, Messiaen, Langlais, Lefébure-Wély, Liszt, Bach, Guilmant and an improvisation $12 Adults; $5 Children

» In 99 Days: Sunday, September 1, 2013 in Woodstock at 4:00 pm

• Maverick Concerts (845-679-8217) presents
• Deadalus Quartet
• Location: 120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock
• with Rufus Mueller Schubert: Quartettsatz in C Minor, D. 703 Britten: String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 Britten: Winter Words (1954), after Thomas Hardy, in a new arrangement for tenor and string quartet Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, “From My Life”

» In 106 Days: Sunday, September 8, 2013 in Woodstock at 4:00 pm

• Maverick Concerts (845-679-8217) presents
• American String Quartet
• Location: 120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock
• Haydn: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77, No. 2 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 73 (1946) Beethoven: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3, “Razumovsky”