Ars Musica Chicago: Medieval music for harps, lute and voice is the season finale, performed by Chicago harpist Alison Attar with lutenist Joel Spears and soprano Stephanie Sheffield. 7 p.m. Sunday at DePaul University Art Museum, Richardson Library, 2350 N. Kenmore Ave. $20, $15 for seniors; 312-409-7874, arsmusicachicago
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Semyon Bychkov directs Mahler’s grandly affirmative Symphony No. 5, with the U.S. premiere of Detlev Granert’s “Theatrum Bestiarum”; 1:30 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday; $18-$210. Rafael Fruehbeck de Burgos leads music by Weber and Richard Strauss, with the brilliant Chicago pianist Jorge Federico Osorio playing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2; 8 p.m. Thursday (repeated May 29); $22-$199. Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; 312-294-3000, cso.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra — Afterwork Masterworks: Richard Strauss’ “Don Juan” and “Rosenkavalier” Suite flank Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto, with Jorge Federico Osorio as soloist and Rafael Fruehbeck de Burgos conducting the informal rush-hour concert. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; $28-$90; 312-294-3000, cso.org
Civic Orchestra of Chicago: CSO concertmaster Robert Chen plays Beethoven’s Violin Concerto on the same program as Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra. Larry Rachleff is the conductor. 8 p.m. Monday at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; free, but tickets required; 312-294-3000, cso.org
CSO Chamber Music Series: The Meridian String Quartet plays quartets by Beethoven and Bartok. 2 p.m. Sunday at Fullerton Hall, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave.; $25; 312-294-3000, cso.org
Orion Ensemble: The group wraps up its season with an all-Brahms program that includes two masterpieces, the early Piano Trio in B major and the late Clarinet Quintet in B minor. 7 p.m. Sunday at Fox Valley Presbyterian Church, 227 East Side Drive, Geneva (repeated June 2 in Chicago); $25, $22 for seniors; 630-628-9591, orionensemble.org
P.D.Q. Bach — An Afternoon of Musical Madness: The satirical brainchild of Professor Peter Schickele returns to Orchestra Hall. Pianist-composer Schickele’s accomplices include members of the Chicago Symphony under Edwin Outwater. Wackiness is certain to ensue. 3 p.m. Sunday at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; $20-$90; 312-294-3000, cso.org
Renaissance Society: David Moss, vocalist and electronics; 8 p.m. Saturday. The ensemble Six; 8 p.m. Monday. Fulton Recital Hall, Goodspeed Hall, 1010 E. 59th St., 4th floor; free; 773-702-8670, renais
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Peter Soave: One of the world’s masters of the concert accordion and bandoneon plays Baroque transcriptions, world music and other selections. 8 p.m. Friday at Fine Arts Center Recital Hall, Northeastern Illinois University, 3701 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.; $25, $15 for seniors; 773-442-4636, tickets.com
Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest: Jay Friedman leads the season finale, which holds Sibelius’ “Karelia” Suite, “The Bard” and “Tapiola,” plus Prokofiev’s scintillating Third Piano Concerto, with Di Wu as soloist. 4 p.m. Sunday at First United Church, 848 Lake St., Oak Park; $20-$25, $15 for seniors; 708-218-2648, sym
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