The latest news on performances of Classical Music in Boston.
Composer Osvaldo Golijov's new evening-length oratorio will premiere at Symphony Hall in Boston, featuring soloists Cécile McLorin Salvant, Davóne Tines, Cyro Baptista, and Kayhan Kalhor under conductor Eric Jacobsen.
Cape Ann Symphony will present STRING SPECTACULAR, a chamber concert featuring nine string musicians performing works by Vivaldi, Bunch, and Mendelssohn at Crowell Chapel in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts.
The Boston Pops and Keith Lockhart will present concerts featuring the music of A.
Boston Chamber Symphony opens its 2026–27 season with violinist Joshua Brown performing Brahms's Violin Concerto alongside works by Mozart and Beethoven at First Church in Cambridge.
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein will perform recitals at The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul in Boston and MIT's Thomas Tull Concert Hall in Cambridge as part of her 2026–27 residency with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
The Boston Civic Symphony opens its 102nd season with a program featuring works by Brahms, Stravinsky, and Beethoven, led by Music Director Francisco Noya and featuring soloists Alexander Kerr, Emmanuel Feldman, and Joy Cline Phinney.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra will present 11 free chamber music concerts across Greater Boston venues, featuring BSO musicians performing works by Brahms, Dvořák, Copland, and contemporary composers.
Composer, pianist, and improviser Gordon Beeferman will visit New England Conservatory for a residency and concert featuring performances by faculty members Eden MacAdam-Somer and Joe Morris, alongside student musicians.
The Lowell Chamber Orchestra revealed its eighth season, a free concert series exploring immigration, cultural memory, Black resilience and Pride through music.
The Cape Ann Symphony launches its 75th Diamond Anniversary season with an opening concert featuring works by Lili Boulanger, Claude Debussy, and Hector Berlioz under Music Director Maestro Yoichi Udagawa.
Chara Percussion will present Reflections: The Waters of Life at the Performing Arts Center in Brewster on October 9 and 10, featuring music by Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Philip Glass and more.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has appointed Jean-Sébastien Vallée as Director of Choruses and Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, effective the 2026-27 season.
The Boston Pops will present 41 Holiday Pops performances at Symphony Hall, including a sensory-friendly show, kids' matinees, and a company celebration featuring Sutton Foster.
Benjamin Zander will lead the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra at Symphony Hall in works by Weber, Beethoven, and Brahms, featuring violinist Guy Braunstein, to open the ensemble's 48th and final season.
Benjamin Zander will lead the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra in works by Weber, Beethoven, and Brahms, featuring violinist Guy Braunstein, in the ensemble's 48th and final season.
Boston Landmarks Orchestra will join student musicians from Chelsea High School Orchestra for a free concert celebrating Hispanic and Latin American cultural traditions, followed by food and refreshments.
Boston Chamber Symphony will present a season featuring two East Coast premieres by composers Pascal Le Boeuf and Michael Gilbertson, with guest artists including violinist Joshua Brown and pianist Adam Golka.
Cape Ann Symphony will launch its 75th season with THE 75TH FANTASTIQUE! at Manchester-Essex Regional High School, featuring a new work by composer Robert Bradshaw and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
The Kendall Square Orchestra will present a four-concert season led by Music Director Kristo Kondakçi, exploring freedom, identity and human connection at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge.
Daniel Roth, Titular Organist at St.
Music Director Francisco Noya will lead the Boston Civic Symphony in works by Brahms, Stravinsky, and Beethoven, including a collaboration with Chorus pro Musica at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall.
Concord Women's Chorus will invite new women singers to join its ensemble through open rehearsals scheduled on Tuesdays as it prepares for its upcoming fall season.
Cape Ann Symphony Chorus Director Brittany Betts is holding auditions for singers of all ages and vocal ranges to perform in the orchestra's Holiday Pops and 75th Season Finale concerts.
Music Worcester will present a five-concert BACHtoberfest weekend featuring Emi Ferguson, Kit Armstrong, and Boris Giltburg performing works by Johann Sebastian Bach in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Jonathan Cohen will lead the Handel and Haydn Society's period orchestra and chorus in Handel's L'ALLEGRO, IL PENSEROSO ED IL MODERATO, marking Lecolion Washington, Jr.
Kip Zimmerman has been named the Boston Symphony Orchestra's new associate principal oboe under Music Director Andris Nelsons, a role that also includes principal oboe duties with the Boston Pops.
Cape Ann Symphony has appointed Colleen DeBeasi, Joanne Hamel and Kathleen Piaggesi to its Board of Directors as the Gloucester-based orchestra begins its Diamond-Anniversary season.
The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra announced its 48th and final season, led by Benjamin Zander, with four BPO programs and three Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra concerts at Symphony Hall.
The Boston Philharmonic will close its 48th season with four orchestra programs and three youth orchestra programs at Symphony Hall, all led by Benjamin Zander.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum will present a ten-concert autumn season at Calderwood Hall, curated by George Steel and featuring performers including Rachel Barton Pine, Rachell Ellen Wong, and the Ivalas Quartet.
Organist Monica Berney will perform works by Bach, Brahms, Dvořák, Mozart, and Vierne on the St.
Lutenist Paul O'Dette, Artistic Co-Director of the Boston Early Music Festival, will perform a lecture-concert at the Performing Arts Center in Brewster, MA, marking 400 years since the death of Renaissance composer John Dowland.
Spire Center for Performing Arts in Plymouth, MA announced five upcoming concerts, including singer/songwriter Zoë Lewis, the Borromeo String Quartet, Balourdet Quartet, Galvin Cello Quartet, and Lenny Williams, Niav Maher & Friends.
Jon Batiste has been added to Yo-Yo Ma's weeklong Tanglewood residency, WE THE PEOPLE, joining James Taylor, Heather Cox Richardson, Bryan Stevenson, and others for an American Journey concert with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
The Tanglewood Music Center kicked off its 2026 season with the first TMCO concert and its annual Opening Exercises convocation in Ozawa Hall.
Chara Percussion Ensemble will perform arrangements of American classics, including works by Copland, Gershwin, and Bernstein, at the Performing Arts Center in Brewster.
A documentary on pianist Emanuel Ax, featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and John Williams, will have its co-world premiere at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, followed by a talkback with Ax and director Joseph Levy.
Boston Landmarks Orchestra, led by Music Director Christopher Wilkins, will present a free summer season marking its 25th anniversary, with performances at the DCR Hatch Memorial Shell and Boston neighborhoods, including a Juneteenth Celebration and Verdi's Requiem.
Pilgrim Festival Chorus will present 'American Landscapes: 250 Years of Song,' a concert series marking America's 250th anniversary with performances in Plymouth and Hingham, MA.
Yo-Yo Ma will curate a weeklong residency at Tanglewood featuring 11 events, including James Taylor, Heather Cox Richardson, and Bryan Stevenson joining the BSO for AN AMERICAN JOURNEY WITH YO-YO MA AND FRIENDS.
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Carnegie Hall Presents: Santiago Cañón-Valencia and Victor Santiago Asuncion Carnegie Hall (11/10-11/10) |
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Grand Choral Opening: War & Requiem Church of the Ascension (10/29-10/29) |
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American Composers Orchestra: Hello, America: We Gather Here at Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall (10/27-10/27) |
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American Composers Orchestra: New Virtuoso: Low End Theory at Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall (3/18-3/18) |
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NYFOS Next: This Now Naked Life The Theater at 150 W 17th Street (11/15-11/15) |
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New York Festival of Song: First-Name Basis New York Festival of Song: First-Name Basis (10/20-10/20) |
