First concert in the 2019/20 season features Maria Larionoff, violin, Joan Blackman, violin, David Harding, viola, Eugene Osadchy, cello. Program includes Beethoven String Quartet No. 4, Shostakovich String Quartet No. 1 and Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 3. ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.
Celebrated quartets combine for program of Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat major Op. 20; Niels Gade’s Octet Op. 17; and a newly commissioned piece by Canadian composer Airat Ichmouratov. ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.
California Guitar Trio and Montreal Guitar Trio come together for concert by six of the most accomplished players in North America. ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m., bar open at 6:30.
Bach on the Rock opens its 15th season with a concert of works by Handel, Thomas Arne, William Boyce, Giovanni Bononcini and more. ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.