PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY AND ARTASERSE
The San Diego Early Music Society opens its 40th season with countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and Ensemble Artaserse in a concert of arias and other works by Handel, Hasse, Ferrandini, Piccinni and Vivaldi. 7:30 p.m. Sunday. St. James by-the-Sea, 743 Prospect St., La Jolla. $25-$50. (619) 291-8246, sdems.org
Bach Collegium: “Blow by Blow!”: This San Diego baroque-renaissance ensemble, under the artistic direction of Ruben Valenzuela, will perform John Blow’s “Masque: Venus & Adonis” and “Ode: Ye Sons of Phoebus,” as well as Henry Purcell’s instrumental music from “The Fairy Queen,” featuring vocal soloists Sherezade Panthaki, Kristen Dubenion-Smith, Jay Carter and John Buffett. 7 p.m. today at Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 8459 Manchester Ave., Cardiff. 7 p.m. Saturday at All Souls’ Episcopal Church, 1475 Catalina Blvd., San Diego. $15-$60. bachcollegiumsd.org/blowbyblow
Camarada: “Frida Dreams”: The San Diego chamber ensemble opens its three-concert “Music of Americas” series at UC San Diego’s new downtown performance venue with this concert for voice, flutes, guitar and bass. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. UC San Diego@Park & Market, 1100 Market St., San Diego. Tickets for three-concert series are $90-$150. camarada.org/camarada-park-market
“Huai Li: Constraint and Transcendence”: The California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum opens a solo exhibition by this international artist whose thematic works relate to EastWest cultural interaction in an increasingly transnational age. Opens Saturday and runs through Feb. 26. Hours 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays; 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. 340 N. Escondido Blvd., Escondido. $6-$12. (760) 839-4138, artcenter.org