Apollo Chorus of Chicago: Director Stephen Alltop concludes the choir’s 140th season with one of the great unaccompanied choral works, Rachmaninov’s “All Night Vigil (Vespers).” 8 p.m. Friday at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut St.; $20; 312-427-5620, apollochorus.org
Chicago Chorale: The centerpiece of director Bruce Tammen’s season finale is Vierne’s “Messe Solennelle” for choir and organ, which shares the program with works by Bach and Schoenberg. 3 p.m. Sunday at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.; $20-$35; 800-838-3006, chicagochorale.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Yo-Yo Ma and Armenian cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan alternate as soloist in Haydn’s D major Cello Concerto as part of a Classical-era program of Haydn, Locatelli, Rebel and Mozart led by Ton Koopman; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; $35-$276. Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden returns to the subscription series with a program that surrounds Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 with works by Shostakovich and Vaughan Williams; 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday (Afterwork Masterworks) and 8 p.m. Thursday; $20-$240. Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; $39-$282; 312-294-3000, cso.org
Civitas Ensemble: The band of CSO musicians is joined by pianist Winston Choi in chamber works by Beethoven, Milhaud and Dvorak. 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston; $25, $15 for seniors; 847-905-1500, ext. 108; musicinst.org
Ensemble Dal Niente: The contemporary group and pianist Marino Formenti join for “The Party,” more an evening-long communal experience than a concert per se. People are encouraged to come and go as they please, socialize, eat, drink — also listen to new music ranging from Iannis Xenakis and Franco Donatoni to Chicago composer Marcos Balter. 6 p.m.-midnight Saturday at Logan Square/Avondale Arts Center, 2800 N. Milwaukee Ave.; $55; dalniente.com
Kirill Gerstein: Substituting for Maurizio Pollini, the pianist, who won the Gilmore Artist Award in 2010, plays a recital ranging from a Bach English Suite to Schumann’s “Carnaval” to a work by jazz pianist Brad Mehldau that Gerstein commissioned with his prize money. 3 p.m. Sunday at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; $22-$97; 312-294-3000, cso.org
MusicNOW: Members of the Chicago Symphony Chorus guest in a program that includes works by CSO resident composers Mason Bates (“Sirens” for voices and instruments) and Anna Clyne (“Rapture” for clarinet and tape). 7 p.m. Monday at Harris Theater, 205 E. Randolph Drive; $22; 312-294-3000, cso.org
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