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Ars Viva Symphony: The multifaceted composer, pianist and playwright Hershey Felder, above, joins music director Alan Heatherington and the orchestra for its season opener, which features the Chicago premiere of Felder’s Piano Concerto (“Aliyah”), with the composer as soloist. Sharing the program will be excerpts from Copland’s “Rodeo” ballet and Stanley Black’s “Music of a People,” choral and orchestral arrangements of favorite Jewish melodies. 3 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Monday at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie; $35-$70; 847-673-6300, arsviva.org
