Classical Music Calendar

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Events Calendar

Monday. 04 May, 2026 - Sunday. 10 May, 2026
Week 19
Monday. 04 May, 2026
5:00 pm

Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra - The Darkness and the Light

Waltham MA - Government Center

Many shades of emotion and experience are to be found in these wonderful works.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Ave Verum

Fazil Say: Never Give Up, Soloist: Emmanuel Feldman

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No.3

Friday. 08 May, 2026
8:00 pm

Carlisle Chamber Orchestra - MAHLER Das Lied von Der Erde

Carlisle MA - Congregational Church

Margretta Beaty and Ethan Bremner join the Carlisle Chamber Orchestra for Mahler's chronicle of the weariness of body and soul, an embracing of death, then, finally, an exquisitely lyrical outpouring of faith in life's renewal.  The work is sometimes titled "Song of the Earth".

Saturday. 09 May, 2026
2:00 pm

Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra - Passport to Sound

Lowell MA - Fusion Church

Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra presents

LPO Presents Passport to Sound

3:00 pm
7:30 pm

Vista Philharmonic Orchestra – An “Almost” Summer’s Midday Dream

Groton MA - Groton Hill Music Center

 

Season Finale!

We’re finishing the season strong and looking toward summer, with the work Gustav Mahler called “A Summer’s Midday Dream.” One of the most acclaimed symphonies of all time, this epic masterwork showcases our full orchestra plus two choruses and Boston’s acclaimed mezzo-soprano Alexis Peart as featured soloist. “Summer Marches In” during the first movement, ushering listeners on the composer’s evocative journey through evolving perspectives in the following five movements, “What the Flowers in the Meadow Tell Me,” “What the Animals in the Forest Tell Me,” “What Man Tells Me,” “What the Angels Tell Me,” and “What Love Tells Me.”

MAHLER – Symphony No. 3

Special Guests:
Alexis Peart, mezzo-soprano
Nashoba Valley Chorale Women’s Chorus – Ann Watson-Born, Music Director
Children’s Chorus – TBA

7:30 pm
Sunday. 10 May, 2026
2:00 pm

Cape Ann Symphony - Rossini, Grieg and Tchaikovsky

Manchester MA - Essex Regional High School

  • Rossini Barber of Seville
  • Grieg Piano Concerto, Frederick Moyer, piano
  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
 

The final concert of the season features renowned pianist Frederick Moyer performing Grieg's Piano Concerto. The program also includes Rossini's lively "Barber of Seville" and Tchaikovsky's majestic Symphony No. 4, promising an unforgettable afternoon of classical music.

2:00 pm

Wellesley Symphony Orchestra - Dance!

Wellesley MA - MassBay Community College

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) - Four Waltzes Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) - Concert Piece, Harp, Op. 39 Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Dances Sacres et Profanes, Emily Richardson, Harp Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) - Estancia: Four Dances Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - Petruchka
3:00 pm
3:30 pm

SARASA - All in the Family

Lexington MA - Follen Church

Friday, May 8, 2026 at 7pm - Brattleboro VT
Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 7pm - Cambridge, MA
Sunday, May 10, 2026 at 3:30pm - Lexington, MA

A closer look at the extended Bach family and its many musical talents: Wilhelm Friedemann, Johann Bernhard, Anna Magdalena, Carl Philipp Emmanuel, & Johann Sebastian Bach.