Ariel Quartet: The 65th and final season of Artists Showcase West concludes with the Israel-based ensemble, assisted by veteran pianist Menahem Pressler. The program holds works by Beethoven, Janacek and Dvorak. 3 p.m. Sunday at Downers Grove North High School, 4436 Main St., Downers Grove; free; 630-963-9093, dgconcerts.org
Baroque Band: A musical tour of 17th and 18th century Italy, Germany, France and England makes up the ensemble’s fifth-season finale. The program holds works by Rebel, Locatelli, Telemann and Handel. 7:30 p.m. Friday at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston; 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Ave.; and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; $15-$35; 312-235-2368, baroqueband.org
Chicago Chamber Musicians: The city’s flagship chamber ensemble concludes its 2011-12 Signature Series with a 25th anniversary celebration. Wagner’s “Siegfried Idyll” and Brahms’ Serenade No. 1 in D are the major works enlisting a number of guest artists. 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston; and 7:30 p.m. Monday at Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Drive; $25-$45; 312-225-5226, chicagochambermusic.org
Chicago Composers Orchestra: The group winds up its season with world premieres by Chicago composers Randall West and Eric Malmquist, along with the North American premiere of Chinese composer Chen Yi’s “Xian Shi” for viola and orchestra. Matthew Kasper conducts, and Michael Hall is the viola soloist. 7:30 p.m. Friday at Ruth Page Theater, 1016 N. Dearborn St.; $20; chicagocomposersorchestra.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Ludovic Morlot returns to the podium to direct music of Messiaen and Ravel, along with Falla’s “Nights in the Gardens of Spain,” with pianist Stewart Goodyear; 1:30 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday; $29-$209. Trevor Pinnock takes charge of Beethoven’s “Triple” Concerto, featuring three of today’s rising young artists in solo roles — violinist Stefan Jackiw, cellist Pavel Gomziakov and pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout. The program also holds Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony; 8 p.m. Thursday (repeated June 8); $29-$235. Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; 312-294-3000, cso.org
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras: The ensemble under Allen Tinkham’s direction gives audiences a preview of its upcoming tour of Spain with a free program of Barber, Strauss, Borodin and Tchaikovsky. 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 100 N. Michigan Ave.; free; cyso.org
Chroma Chamber Orchestra: The multimedia ensemble concludes its inaugural season at the Music Institute of Chicago with Stravinsky’s “The Soldier’s Tale,” featuring dancers from CDI/Concert Dance and narrator Peter Van De Graaff. The program also holds the world premiere of artistic director and conductor David Crane’s “Ode to the Telegraph.” 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston; $34-$42; 847-905-1500, ext. 108; chromaorchestra.org
Jeremy Denk: For this “Keys to the City” Piano Festival event, the versatile pianist collaborates with colleagues Stefan Jackiw, violin; Katinka Kleijn, cello; Nicholas Phan, tenor; and members of the Joffrey Ballet. The program spans works by Schumann, Stravinsky and Dvorak. 3 p.m. Sunday at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; $19-$85; 312-294-3000, cso.org
North Shore Chamber Music Festival: The three-day event begins its second season with works by Bartok, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and others, performed by directors Angela Yoffe, piano, and Vadim Gluzman, violin, along with established and up-and-coming artists. The festival continues June 8-9. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Village Presbyterian Church, 1300 Shermer Road, Northbrook; $20-$40, $10 for seniors; 847-370-3984, nscmf.org
Singers on New Ground: The Chicago organization, which is dedicated to promoting modern American art song, presents soprano Juliet Petrus in a recital that sets music by Chinese-born composers Chen Yi and Bright Sheng alongside songs by American composers John Alden Carpenter, John Cage and Randall West. 3 p.m. Saturday at Curtiss Hall,
Fine Arts Building, 410
S. Michigan Ave., 10th
floor; $10; 815-342-7666,
singersonnewground
.com
