Alex Alguacil, piano: 12:15 p.m. Wednesday at Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.; free; 312-744-6630
Ancuza Aprodu, piano; Thierry Miroglio, percussion: In works by Brahms, Handel, Xenakis, Ohana. 12:15 p.m. Monday at Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.; free; 312-744-6630
Burnham Trio: With Susan Synnestvedt, violin, Kenneth Olsen, cello, Winston Choi, piano, in works by Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky. 2 p.m. Sunday at Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave.; $25; 312-294-3000
Chicago Chamber Musicians: The group’s first performance of Dvorak’s Piano Quartet in E-flat highlights a program of Mozart and Pezel quintets. 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston; and 7:30 p.m. Monday at Gottlieb Hall, Merit School of Music, 38 S. Peoria St.; $20-$40; 312-225-5226, chicagochambermusic.org
Chicago Chamber Orchestra: John Sherer conducts, with Natalie Mann, soprano, in works by Bach, Kerr, Creston, Mendelssohn. 3 p.m. Sunday at Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.; free; 312-744-6630
Chicago Ensemble: With Susan Levitin, flute, Olga Kaler, violin, Mathias Tacke, violin, Paul Vanderwerf, violin, Andrew Snow, cello, Gerald Rizzer, piano, in works by Bach, Irvine, Martinu, Brahms. 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul and the Redeemer Church, 4945 S. Dorchester Ave.; and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut St.; $10-$25; 773-889-4206
Chicago Opera Vanguard: The innovative ensemble presents a multimedia staged version of Schubert’s “Die Winterreise.” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday at Fasseas White Box Theatre, Menomonee Club Drucker Center, 1535 N. Dayton St.; $25; chicagovanguard.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: The exquisite pianist Mitsuko Uchida plays and conducts Mozart concertos and a divertimento; 1:30 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday. Vladimir Jurowski, principal conductor of the London Philharmonic, makes his CSO podium debut with an all-Russian program that holds Rachmaninov’s “The Isle of the Dead,” Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Winds (Peter Serkin, soloist) and Prokofiev’s Fourth Symphony; 8 p.m. Thursday (repeated March 27 and 30). Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; $18-$199; 312-294-3000, cso.org
Chopin and Beyond: Pianist Edward Auer and students from the Jacobs School of Music and Polish Studies Center at Indiana University Bloomington celebrate Chopin’s 200th birthday anniversary with a daylong program of performances and a lecture. Begins with complimentary brunch at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division St.; $25, $15 for seniors; 773-278-1500, cho
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DuPage Symphony: The orchestra under Barbara Schubert heralds spring with symphonies by Schumann and Alan Hovhaness, plus a concerto performed by the winner of the 2010 Young Artist Auditions. 8 p.m. Saturday at Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville; $28, $25 for seniors; 630-778-1003, dupagesymphony
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Eighth blackbird: The contemporary music sextet gives the Chicago premiere of “Slide,” an evening-length music theater work by composer-guitarist Steven Mackey and actor-singer Rinde Eckert. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph St.; $30; 312-334-7777, harris
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Elizabeth Anderson, mezzo-soprano; Alexia Kruger, soprano: 12:10 p.m. Friday at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut St.; free; 773-889-4206
Evanston Symphony Orchestra: Wendy Warner performs Dvorak’s beloved Cello Concerto on a program that includes works by Weber and Beethoven conducted by Lawrence Eckerling. 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston; $25, $20 for seniors; 847-864-8804, evanston
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Festival of Voices: With Sylvia McNair, soprano, Wendy White, mezzo-soprano. 8 p.m. Saturday at Edman Memorial Chapel, Wheaton College, 401 E. Franklin Ave., Wheaton; $36-$48; 630-752-5010
Fulcrum Point New Music Project: Contemporary works inspired by urban, Latin and Native American legends make up this fascinating program, which includes a world premiere by resident composer Randall Woolf along with music by Hilda Paredes, Evan Ziporyn and David Dzubay. Stephen Burns conducts, with guest artists from the Luna Negra Dance Theater. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph St.; $30, $15 for seniors; 312-334-7777, harristheaterchica
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Lake Forest Symphony: Nathan Noh, the 17-year-old Lincolnshire pianist who won this year’s Steinway Young Artist Concerto Competition, performs Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. Alan Heatherington presides over the program, which also includes works by Copland, Bernstein and Corigliano. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake; $30-$50, $25-$50 for seniors; 847-295-2135, lakeforest
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Lincoln Trio: In works by Chopin. 3 p.m. Sunday at Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston; $7-$20; 847-905-1500, ext. 108
Lyric Opera of Chicago — Mozart’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’: Lyric closes its season with a triumphant revival of Peter Hall’s elegant 1987 production. Heading the first-rate international cast are Danielle de Niese, Kyle Ketelsen, Mariusz Kwicien, Anne Schwanewilms and Joyce DiDonato. Andrew Davis conducts. Through March 27 at the Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive; $33-$207; 312-332-2244, lyric
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Yo-Yo Ma: The ever-popular cellist is joined by pianist Kathryn Stott for a recital that includes sonatas by Schubert, Shostakovich and Franck. 8 p.m. Wednesday at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; $64-$176; 312-294-3000, cso.org
Newberry Consort: Chicago violinists David Douglass and Rachel Barton Pine collaborate with harpsichordist David Schrader in a program of virtuoso violin music from 17th century Italy. 8 p.m. Friday at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut St.; 8 p.m. Saturday at Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th St.; and 3 p.m. Sunday at Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University, 700 University Place, Evanston; $25; 312-255-3610, newberrycon
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Northbrook Symphony Orchestra: The unjustly neglected Piano Concerto in B Minor by Johann Nepomuk Hummel shares a made-in-Vienna bill with works by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Lawrence Rapchak conducts, and Michael Chertock is the piano soloist. 4 p.m. Sunday at Sheely Center for the Performing Arts, Glenbrook North High School, 2300 Shermer Road, Northbrook; $23-$39, $7 for children; 847-272-0755, northbrooksymphony
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Orion Ensemble: “Connections” by Chicago composer Robert Kritz shares a program with Heinrich Baermann’s Clarinet Quartet and Tchaikovsky’s ripely romantic Piano Trio. 7 p.m. Sunday at Fox Valley Presbyterian Church, 227 East Side Drive, Geneva (repeated March 28 in Evanston, March 31 in Chicago); $25, $22 for seniors; 630-628-9591, orionensem
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Pilgrim Chamber Players: The group performs music for woodwinds, strings and piano by Poulenc, Schickele, Rossini and Arnold. 3 p.m. Sunday at Highland Park Community House, 1991 Sheridan Road, Highland Park. $20, $16 for seniors; 847-433-0972
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