Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Leonard Slatkin (replacing the indisposed John Eliot Gardiner) returns to the podium to direct an all-20th century bill consisting of Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements, Elgar’s “In the South” and Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra; 8 p.m. Saturday, $24-$207. The wonderful pianist Mitsuko Uchida directs Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 11 and 21 from the keyboard; 8 p.m. Thursday (repeated Jan. 28-Feb. 1), $23-$239. Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; 312-294-3000, cso.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra — Friday Night at the Movies: Charlie Chaplin’s silent classic “The Gold Rush” is screened in its entirety while the CSO under Timothy Brock performs Max Terr’s Grammy-nominated score. 8 p.m. Friday at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; $30-$104; 312-294-3000, cso.org
Chicago Symphony Chamber Series: The Pierrot Ensemble presents Baroque sonatas along with Schoenberg’s seminal modern classic, “Pierrot Lunaire.” 2 p.m. Sunday at Fullerton Hall, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave.; $26; 312-294-3000, cso.org
Friedrich Kleinhapl: The innovative Austrian cellist is joined by pianist Andreas Woyke for sonatas by Beethoven and Franck. 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, boxoffice.neiu.edu
Lyric Opera of Chicago — Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘The Mikado’: The most popular of the Savoy operas returns to the Lyric repertory in a delightful new production by Chicago director Gary Griffin, with Philip Morehead conducting. Through Friday at Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive; $33-$207, lyricopera.org
Lyric Opera of Chicago — Puccini’s ‘The Girl of the Golden West’ (‘La Fanciulla del West’): Illinois-born soprano Deborah Voigt brings her well-traveled interpretation of the pistol-packing, poker-playing heroine, Minnie, to the city for the first time in a revival of Hal Prince’s 1978 Lyric production. Tenor Marcello Giordani is Dick Johnson, the outlaw she loves, with Marco Vratogna (debut) as the sheriff, Jack Rance, who is hotly pursuing both, albeit for different reasons. Andrew Davis conducts; Vincent Liotta directs. Opens at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and runs through Feb. 21 at Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive; $33-$207; 312-332-2244, lyricopera.org
Music of the Baroque: Music director Jane Glover presides over an all-Classical program anchored by Haydn’s Symphonies Nos. 102 and 104 (“London”), Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto and father Leopold Mozart’s Trumpet Concerto in D. Bassoonist William Buchman and trumpeter Barbara Butler are the soloists. 7:30 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church, 516 Church St., Evanston; and 7:30 p.m. Monday at Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Drive; $30-$75; 312-551-1414, baroque.org
Wayward Sisters: A young ensemble specializing in Baroque instrumental music makes its debut on the Newberry Consort’s Emerging Artists series. 8 p.m. Sunday at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut St.; $30; 312-255-3610, newberryconsort.org
Winter Chamber Music Festival: The 15th annual edition continues at 7:30 p.m. Friday with string quartets by Beethoven, Debussy and Shostakovich as performed by the celebrated Philharmonia Quartett Berlin. Violinist Arnold Steinhardt, a founding member of the now-defunct Guarneri String Quartet, performs violin and piano works on a program that also holds Dvorak’s marvelously tuneful Piano Quintet in A, performed by Bienen School of Music faculty, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The festival runs through Feb. 7 at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston; $22, $20 for seniors; 847-467-4000, pickstaiger.org
