CLASSICAL
Alexander String Quartet Works by Shostakovich. 10 a.m. Sat. $30-$55. Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F. (415) 392-2545. www.sfperformances.org.
Anthony Elliot Cello. ToniMarie Montgomery, piano. Works by Works by Barber, David Baker, Strauss. 7:30 p.m. Sat. $37-$42. Holy Names University, 3500 Mountain Blvd., Oakland. (510) 8454444. www.fsarts.org.
Berkeley Choro Ensemble 4 p.m. today. $5-$20, under 12 free. Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento St., S.F. (415) 474-1608. www.oldfirstconcerts.org.
California Symphony “Peace, Love, Mozart and Beethoven.” Donato Cabrera conducts works by Mozart, Beethoven, Christopher Theofanidis. Maria Radutu, piano. 4 p.m. next Sun. $20-$72. Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. (925) 9437469. www.californiasymphony.org. The Capitoline Trio Works by Mendelssohn, Dvorak. 2:30 p.m. next Sun. Free. Berkeley Piano Club, 2724 Haste St., Berkeley.
Chiu Yu Chen Piano. 4 p.m. next Sun. Free. St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., S.F. (415) 567-2020.
Cipher Duo Justine Aronson, soprano; Sarah Goldfeather, violin. 7:30 p.m. next Sun. $7-$10. Center for New Music, 55 Taylor St., S.F. (415) 2752466. www.centerfornewmusic.com
Colombo/Clay New works for guitar, electronics. 8 p.m. Sat. $8-$12. Center for New Music, 55 Taylor St., S.F. (415) 2752466. www.centerfornewmusic.com
Emanuel Ax Piano. Works by Chopin, Schubert. 7:30 p.m. Fri. $35-$85. At Weill Hall, Green Music Center, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. gmc.sonoma.edu. 3 p.m. next Sun. $28-$74. At Zellerbach Hall, 2430 Bancroft, UC Berkeley. (510) 642-9988. www.calperformances.org
Ensemble for These Times Nanette McGuinness, soprano; Dale Tsang, piano; Anne Lerner-Wright, cello. Works by Klaus Miehling, Paulina Nazaykinskaya, Henriette Bosmans, Korngold, and Franz Waxman. 12:30 p.m. Tues. Free. Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral, 660 California St., S.F. (415) 777-3211. www.noontimeconcerts.org.
Eric Tran Piano. Works by Mozart, Beethoven-Liszt, Busoni, Thomas Ades. 7:30 p.m. Sat. $15-$20. Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, 1750 29th Ave., S.F. (415) 564-2324.
Flauti Diversi Ensemble “Espanoleta: Music From a Garden of Mediterranean Delights.” 4:30 p.m. today. $20. California Jazz Conservatory, 2087 Addison St., Berkeley. (510) 845-5373. www.cjc.edu.
Fortnightly Music Club Chamber works by Bartok, Bach, Muczynski, Albeniz, Paul Patterson, Turner Layton. 7 p.m. today. Free. Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto. (650) 854-5583. www.fortnightlymusicclub.org.
Frequency 49 Woodwind Sextet, Divisa Ensemble, Siroko Ensemble, Wild Rumpus “Inauguration Night ACLU Benefit.” 7 p.m. Fri. $30. First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin St., S.F. www.f49music .com.
Gilbert Martinez “Music of the Bach Family.” Harpsichord, fortepiano. Works by J.S., C.P.E., Wilhelm Friedemann, and Johann Christian Bach. 5 p.m. today. $10-$30. St. Mary Magdalen Church, 2005 Berryman St., Berkeley. (510) 528-1685. www.musicsources.org.
House of Time Ensemble “Imaginary Theatre: Stage Music by Handel and Rameau.” $34-$40. 8 p.m. Fri. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto.