THINGS 2 DO MUSIC
CLASSICAL Boston Symphony Orchestra,
Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, 297 West St., Lenox, Mass. 8 p.m. Friday. $24-$112. 888-266-1200 or bso.org/tanglewood. Andris Nelson conducts works by John Williams, Strauss and Ravel, featuring violinist Anne-sophie Mutter.
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, 297 West St., Lenox, Mass. 8 p.m. Saturday. $21-$87. 888-266-1200 or bso.org/tanglewood. Susanna Mälkki conducts works by Mozart and Bartok, featuring pianist Seong-jin Cho. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, 297 West St., Lenox, Mass. 2:30 p.m. Sunday. $30. 888-266-1200 or bso.org/tanglewood. Andris Nelson conducts works by Julia Adolphe, Shostakovich and Stravinsky, featuring cellist Yo-yo Ma.
Boston Symphony Orchestra: Open Rehearsal, Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, 297 West St., Lenox, Mass. 10:30 a.m. Saturday. $19-$38. 888-266-1200 or bso.org/tanglewood. Andris Nelson conducts works by Julia Adolphe, Shostakovich and Stravinsky, featuring cellist Yo-yo Ma.
Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artist Orchestra,
Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, 297 West St., Lenox, Mass. 1:30 p.m. Saturday. $15. 888-266-1200 or bso.org/tanglewood.
“Candide,” Glimmerglass Festival, 7300 State Highway 80, Cooperstown. 1 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday (runs through Aug. 20). $34-$168. 607-547-2255 or glimmerglass.org. Based on the novel by Voltaire, the opera follows naïve Candide as he sets off to explore the world, beset by an endless series of comedic disasters.
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Spanish Journey,
Spa Little Theatre, Saratoga Springs. 3 p.m. Sunday. $54-$74. 518-584-9330 or spac.org. Guitar, piano and violin combine with the Spanish language to perform works by Obradors,
Dali Quartet, Maverick Concert Hall, 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock. 4 p.m. Sunday. $10-$50. 845-241-7721 or maverickconcerts.org. The Latin American quartet performs works by Juan Cristomo Arriaga, Heitor Villa-lobos, Efrain Amaya and Alberto Ginastera.
“Fiddler on the Roof,” Oscar Seagle Memorial Theater, 999 Charley Hill Road, Schroon Lake. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (runs through Aug. 19). 518-532-7875 or seaglefestival.org. In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-semitic sentiment threatens the village in this Tony-winning musical. “Immersion”: Defiant Music Part 1, Studio E, Linde Center for Music and Learning, Tanglewood, 297 West St., Lenox, Mass. 3 p.m. Saturday. $25. 888-266-1200 or bso.org/tanglewood. Terezín Music Foundation director Mark Ludwig explores the Nazi "cultural cleansing” policy targeting jazz, modernist, and non-aryan — including all Jewish — composers before and during World War II. This will include a sampling of art, historical photos and performance videos.
“La Bohème,” Glimmerglass Festival, 7300 State Highway 80, Cooperstown. 7:30 p.m. Friday; 1 p.m. Monday (runs through Aug. 19). $34-$168. 607-547-2255 or glimmerglass.org. Puccini’s opera follows a love story between a poet named Rodolfo and Mimi, a seamstress, as they are forced to face the challenges of Mimi's declining health and the realities of living in Paris' Latin Quarter during the 1830s. Lake George Music Festival, Carriage House at Fort William Henry, 48 Canada St., Lake George. Thursday through Aug. 17. Various prices. 518-791-5089 or lakegeorgemusicfestival.com. Eleven days of classical concerts and open rehearsals, with works both new and old. Some events take place at Caldwell-lake George Library, 336 Canada St., Lake George.
Seiji Ozawa Hall,