Classical this fall: orchestras

Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston. * 617-661-5936. Oct. 17, 8 p.m.; pre-concert symposium with George Rochberg, 7 p.m. Free. Gil Rose conducts "Fourscore(s) and Forward: George Rochberg at 80," four works by Rochberg.

Boston Philharmonic
Sat., 8 p.m., Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston; Sun., 3 p.m., Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge. * 617-868-6696. $12-$42, students and seniors $8-$38. Benjamin Zander, conductor. Pre-concert talks by Zander, Sat. 6:45 p.m., Sun. 1:45 p.m. Oct. 10-11, Dvorak's Cello Concerto with Colin Carr; Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. Oct. 21-22, Britten's "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," Martin's Concerto for Seven Winds, Harbison's Symphony No. 1, Strauss's "Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche."

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, 301 Mass. Ave., Boston. * 617-266-1492, 617-266-1200. Seiji Ozawa, music director.
Opening gala: Wed., Sept. 23, 6:30 p.m. SOLD OUT. Ozawa conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with Christine Goerke, soprano; Florence Quivar, mezzo; Frank Lopardo, tenor; Jose van Dam, bass-baritone; Tanglewood Festival Chorus.
Concert on the Common: Boston Common. Sept. 27, 4:15 p.m. Free. Concert honoring Ozawa's 25th anniversary as music director. Ozawa conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with Dominique Labelle, soprano; Mary Westbrook-Geha, mezzo; Richard Clement, tenor; Robert Honeysucker, baritone; Tanglewood Festival Chorus.
Concerts: Thurs. and Sat., 8 p.m.; Fri. 1:30 p.m. unless noted; Tues. as noted, 8 p.m. $24-$75; rush seats $8 day of concert, on sale Fri. from 9 a.m., Tues. and Thurs. from 5 p.m. Sept. 25-26, both at 8 p.m., Ozawa conducts Berlioz program: "Les Nuits d'ete," excerpts from "Romeo et Juliette" with Jose Van Dam, bass-baritone; Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Oct. 1-3, 6, Ozawa conducts Mozart's Symphony No. 36; Tan Dun's "Symphony 1997 (Heaven, Earth, Mankind)" with Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Performing Arts at Lincoln School (PALS) Chorus; Imperial Bell Ensemble from China. Oct. 8-10, Ozawa conducts Haydn's Symphony No. 39; Tippett's "The Rose Lake"; Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 with Krystian Zimerman. Oct. 15-17, 20, Bernard Haitink conducts Sibelius's Violin Concerto with Christian Tetzlaff; Holst's "The Planets." Oct. 22-24, 27, Haitink conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 8. Oct. 29-31, all at 8 p.m., and Nov. 3, Ozawa conducts Bartok's Suite from "The Miraculous Mandarin," Mahler's "Das Lied von der erde" with Jessye Norman, soprano (Oct. 31); Ben Heppner, tenor; Thomas Quasthoff, baritone (Oct. 29-30, Nov. 3).
Concert previews: half-hour talks before some performances. Evenings 7 p.m., Fri. 12:15 p.m. or 7 p.m., call for schedule. Free with concert ticket.
Open rehearsals: Wed. 7:30 p.m., or Thurs. 10:30 a.m., call for schedule. Pre-rehearsal lecture one hour prior. $14.
Chamber Concerts: call for schedule. BSO members perform monthly before evening concerts, $10; Fri. afternoon with tea, $12; Sun. afternoon in community locations, free.
Youth and Family Concerts: 617-638-9375. Nov. 10, 2-14, mornings. $8, Sat. $9.50. Keith Lockhart, conductor.

Brookline Symphony
Boston University School for the Arts Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. * 617-482-9602. Sat., 8 p.m. $10 in advance, $12 at door; students, seniors and special needs $7.50; family rate available. Oct. 17, Schubert's Symphony No. 3, Elgar's "Serenade for Strings," Dvorak's Slavonic Dances, op. 46. Dec. 12, Mozart program. Overture to "Idomeneo"; Piano Concertos Nos. 23 and 20 with Bertica Shulman Cramer.

Cambridge Symphony Orchestra
Agassiz School, Oxford Street, Cambridge. * 617-547-9477. Nov. 15, 3 p.m. Free. Adam Grossman conducts works by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Mussorgsky; Barber's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" with Jean Danton, soprano.

Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston
* 617-923-6333. Sun., 3 p.m. $15, $20; students and seniors $5 discount on day of concert. Max Hobart, conductor. Oct. 18, Regis College Fine Arts Center, 235 Wellesley St., Weston: "WCRB Classical Top 40 Concert" with host Laura Carlo. Works by Bernstein, Schubert, Tchaikovsky; Grieg's Piano Concerto with Wanda Paik. Nov. 22, Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston: Aldridge's "Ecstatic Overture"; Barber's Violin Concerto with Lucia Lin; Beethoven's Symphony No. 8. Dec. 19, holiday pops concert with Michelle French, soprano; $10.

"Concert for the Cure"
Symphony Hall, 301 Mass. Ave., Boston. * 617-262-3424. Oct. 4, 7 p.m. $50-$100 to benefit breast cancer research. Seiji Ozawa conducts members of Boston Symphony Orchestra. Program includes Mozart's Piano Concerto, K. 491, with Andre Previn.

Longwood Symphony
Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St. * 617-332-7011. Sat., 8 p.m. $15; students and seniors $7.50. Francisco Noya, conductor. Oct. 24, Falla's Suite No. 2 from "The Three-Cornered Hat"; Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" with Esther Budiardjo, piano; Dvorak's Symphony No. 8.

New England Philharmonic
Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. * 617-868-1222. $14, seniors $10, students $7, under 12 free. Richard Pittman, conductor. Nov. 1, 8 p.m., Kirchner's "Music for Orchestra"; Brahms's Symphony No. 4; Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 with Leonid Hambro. Dec. 2, 3 p.m., Family Concert with Laura Carlo, narrator.

New England String Ensemble
Call for locations, 781-224-1117. Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 4 p.m. $18, seniors $15, students $10. Sept. 25-27, Susan Davenny Wyner conducts Mozart's Divertimento, K. 136; Hartmann's Violin Concerto with Gregory Vitale; Dvorak's Serenade in E. Nov. 6-8, Jonathan McPhee conducts Warlock's "Capriole Suite"; Bartok's Divertimento; Mozart's Serenade in D, K. 239; Poulenc's Concerto for Organ, Strings and Tympani with Peter Sykes, organ. Dec. 4-6, Max Hobart conducts holiday program with Where's the Band?, a cappella group.

New Philharmonia Orchestra
Ellsworth Hall, Pine Manor College, 400 Heath St., Chestnut Hill. * 617-527-9717. Nov. 21, 8 p.m. and Nov. 22, 3 p.m., $17, $22; seniors $15, $20; students $10, $12. Ronald Knudsen, conductor. Daniel Katzen, horn and Swiss Alp horn. Strauss's Horn Concerto, Dvorak's Symphony No. 8.

Newton Symphony Orchestra
Aquinas College, Walnut Park, Newton Corner. 617-965-2555. Sun., 7:30 p.m., pre-concert talk 6:30 p.m. $15, $20; students $10. Jeffrey Rink, conductor. Nov. 8, Mozart's Overture to "The Magic Flute"; Sibelius's Violin Concerto with Ayano Ninomiya; Debussy's "Iberia."

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra
Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge. * 617-661-7067. Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor.
Concerts, Sun., 3 p.m. $9-$35, students and seniors $7-$33. Oct. 25, Mozart program: Symphony Nos. 25, 36; Sinfonia Concertante with Kristina Nilsson, violin; Anne Black, viola. Nov. 29, Handel's "Pastoral Symphony" from "Messiah"; premiere of Ewazun's Trumpet Concerto with Jeffrey Work; Handel's "Let the Bright Seraphim"with Catherine Thorpe, soprano, Work; Haydn's Symphony No. 88.
"Aperitif" Concerts: 2 p.m., pre-concert chamber music on stage. Free.
"Ask the Artist": post-concert questions and answers. Free.

Wellesley Symphony Orchestra
McKenzie Auditorium, Mass. Bay Community College, 50 Oakland St., Wellesley Hills. * 781-235-3584. Sun., 3 p.m. $12, students and seniors $10. Max Hobart, conductor. Nov. 8, works by Copland, Debussy, J. Strauss; Julia Carey's "The Crossing: To Dream a New World"; Beethoven's Symphny No. 7. Dec. 13, holiday pops concert.