Chicago Duo Piano Festival:
The 22nd annual event concludes with a program of Schubert, Debussy, Poulenc, Lutoslawski and others performed by Stanislava Varshavski and Diana Shapiro, winners of the Dranoff International Duo Piano Competition. (Free master class 10 a.m. Saturday.)
7:30 p.m. Friday at Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston. $20, $15 for seniors; 847-905-1500, ext. 108,
musicinst.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra:
The splendid, Chicago-based pianist Jorge Federico Osorio concludes his cycle of the five Beethoven piano concertos with Nos. 4 and 5 (“Emperor”). James Conlon conducts.
8 p.m. Friday at Ravinia Festival, 200-231 Ravinia Park Road, Highland Park. $40-$50, $12 lawn; 847-266-5100,
ravinia.org
Matthias Goerne and Christoph Eschenbach:
The deeply probing German baritone, who demonstrated his insights into the Schubert song cycles with pianist Eschenbach last summer at Ravinia, is back with another German lieder recital, this one comprising songs by Schumann and Brahms.
8 p.m. Thursday in Martin Theatre, Ravinia Festival, 200-231 Ravinia Park Road, Highland Park. $30-$50, $10 lawn; 847-266-5100,
ravinia.org
Grant Park Music Festival:
The young Canadian conductor Julian Kuerti, now in his third season as assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, makes his Chicago debut with the Rossini-Respighi “La Boutique Fantasque” (“The Magic Toy Shop”); his Grant Park Orchestra program also holds Brahms’ “Haydn” Variations and Britten’s “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra”; 6:30 p.m. Friday and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. “Planet Earth Live,” BBC Earth’s acclaimed nature documentary, promises to take audiences into exotic wildlife habitats few people have ever seen before. George Fenton conducts his music from the TV series soundtrack; 8:15 p.m. Wednesday.
Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 100 N. Michigan Ave. Free; 312-742-7638,
grantparkmusicfestival.com
Latino Theatre Festival:
The Goodman Theatre’s biennial event joins with the 2010 Latino Music Festival Chicago to perform three music theater pieces: Sandra Delgado’s “Para Carmen,” Gustavo Leone’s comic chamber opera “The Leader” and Elbio Rodriguez Barilari’s new opera “The Tenth Muse,” which celebrates the life and poetry of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Presented in association with Lyric Opera and Collaboraction.
7:30 p.m. Thursday in Owen Theatre, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. $18; 312-443-3800,
goodmantheatre.org
Midori:
The brilliant virtuoso performs violin sonatas by Beethoven, Brahms and Bloch, along with Szymanowski’s “Myths,” accompanied by pianist Ozgur Aydin.
8 p.m. Monday in Martin Theatre, Ravinia Festival, 200-231 Ravinia Park Road, Highland Park. $70, $10 lawn; 847-266-5100,
ravinia.org
Neue Kammerchor:
The recently formed Chicago vocal ensemble — its name means “new chamber choir” in German — makes its debut with a program spanning some 300 years of a cappella masterpieces.
4 p.m. Sunday at St. Sylvester Church, 2157 N. Humboldt Blvd. Free, freewill offering taken; 715-498-3243
Rush Hour Concerts:
The summer-long series of convivial chamber programs continues with a performance of Schumann’s sunny Piano Quartet in E flat major, Opus 47, by Trio Voce, with violist Yukiko Ogura. A reception will precede the concert.
5:15 p.m. Tuesday at St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron St. Free;
rushhour.org
Vox 3:
Four members of the Chicago vocal collective, accompanied by music director and pianist James Morehead, perform “Blithe and Bonny,” a program of works by Handel, Faure, Finzi, Korngold and others set to Shakespeare texts.
8 p.m. Monday in Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave. Free;
vox3.org
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