Classical this fall: Orchestras

Boston Classical Orchestra
Faneuil Hall, Boston. 617-423-3883. [Get directions].
Fri. 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m., pre-concert lecture 2 p.m. by Mary Ann Nichols. $18-$35. 10/10, 10/12: Harry Ellis Dickson conducts Mozart's "La Finta Giardiniera" Overture; Mozart's Flute and Harp Concerto with Jacques Zoon, Ann Hobson Pilot; Haydn's Symphony No. 49. 11/5, 11/7: Steven Lipsitt conducts Schubert's "Der Teufel als Hydraulicus" Overture, Mendelssohn's Sinfonia No. 12, Prokofiev's "Classical Symphony," Beethoven's Symphony No. 8.

Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston. ÷ 617-536-2412. [Get directions].
10/9: 8 p.m.; pre-concert workshop 7 p.m. $12-$24. Gil Rose conducts "Take Five: Classical Music in the Jazz Century," works by Milhaud, Stravinsky, Bernstein, Schuller, Ellington.

Boston Philharmonic
Sat., 8 p.m., Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston, 617-536-2412; Sun., 3 p.m., Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, 617-496-2222. ÷ [Get directions to Jordan Hall or Sanders Theatre].
$12-$45. Benjamin Zander, conductor. Pre-concert talks by Zander Sat. 6:45 p.m., Sun. 1:45 p.m. 10/16-10/17: Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 with Katia Skavani; Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. 11/20-11/21: Elgar's Cello Concerto with Alexander Baillie; Beethoven's Symphony No. 3.

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, 301 Mass. Ave., Boston. ÷ 617-266-1492, 617-266-1200. Seiji Ozawa, music director. [Get directions].
Opening gala, Wed. 9/29: 8 p.m. Remaining tickets $60, $85. Ozawa conducts works by Wagner and Strauss with Hildegard Behrens, soprano.
Concerts, Thurs. and Sat., 8 p.m.; Fri. 1:30 p.m. unless noted; Tues. as noted, 8 p.m. $24-$79; rush seats $8 day of concert, on sale Fri. from 9 a.m., Tues. and Thurs. from 5 p.m. 10/1 8 p.m., 10/2, 10/5: Ozawa conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with Paula Delligatti, soprano; Florence Quivar, mezzo; Tanglewood Festival Chorus. 10/7-10/9, 10/12: Ozawa conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 3; Zemlinsky's "Lyric Symphony" with Jose van Dam, bass-baritone. 10/14-10/16: all at 8 p.m., Ozawa conducts premiere of Lieberson's "Red Garuda" with Peter Serkin, piano; Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5.
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. $14.50.
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 for information. 10/20-10/22: 10 and 11:50 p.m.; 10/23: 10 a.m. and noon. $8, Sat. $9.50. Keith Lockhart, conductor. For ages 5 and up.

Boston Virtuosi
First and Second Church, 66 Marlborough St., Boston. ÷ 617-547-8860. [Get directions].
10/30: 8 p.m. $15, $20. Paul Dulude conducts works by Nerdua, Vaughan Williams, Copland, Dvorak. Soloists Jeffrey Work, trumpet; Rebecca Katsenes, violin.

Brockton Symphony
Brockton High School, Route 123, Brockton. ÷ 508-588-3841.
3:30 p.m. unless noted. $18. Jonathan Cohler, conductor. 10/10: Beethoven program. 11/14: "A Night at the Opera" with chorus. 12/8: 7:30 p.m., holiday pops program.

Brookline Symphony
Boston University School for the Arts Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. ÷ 617-527-2378.
Sat., 8 p.m. $12. David Callahan, conductor. 10/30: works by Mendelssohn, Haydn; premiere of Dennis Leclaire's "Prospero." 12/11: works by Beethoven, Mozart.

Cambridge Symphony Orchestra
Agassiz School, Oxford Street, Cambridge. ÷ 617-547-9477.
11/14: 3 p.m. Free. Adam Grossman conducts works by Schubert, Bizet, Stravinsky.

Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston
÷ 617-923-6333.
Sun., 3 p.m. $20, $25. Max Hobart, conductor. 10/17: Regis College Fine Arts Center, 235 Wellesley St., Weston: "WCRB Classical Top 40 Concert" with host Laura Carlo. Works by Tchaikovsky, Holst, Suk; Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with Esther Budiardjo. 11/21: Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston: Tower's "Island Prelude"; Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with Irina Muresanu; suite from Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet." 12/18: Regis College, holiday pops concert with Thomas Jones, baritone; $15. [Get directions to Jordan Hall or Regis College Fine Arts Center].

"Concert for the Cure"
Symphony Hall, 301 Mass. Ave., Boston. ÷ 888-310-7100. [Get directions].
11/7: 7 p.m. $50, $100 to benefit breast cancer research. David Zinman conducts members of Boston Symphony Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman, violin. Bernstein's "Candide Overture," Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5, Dvorak's Symphony No. 8.

The Concord Orchestra
Friends of the Performing Arts, 51 Walden St., Concord. ÷ 978-369-4967. [Get directions].
10/22-10/23: 8 p.m. $15, students and seniors $12. Richard Pittman conducts Beethoven's "Fidelio" Overture, Nielsen's Flute Concerto with Jacques Zoon; Strauss's "Ein Heldenleben." 12/5: 2 and 4 p.m. $10. family concert.

Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras
Symphony Hall, 301 Mass. Ave., Boston. ÷ 617-353-3359. [Get directions].
11/10: 8 p.m. $20, $35. Federico Cortese, Keith Lockhart, and Joel Bard, conductors. Works by Borodin, Stravinsky's "Petrouchka," Dvorak's Symphony No. 8.

Indian Hill Symphony
Groton Dunstable Performing Arts Center, Route 119, Groton. 508-486-0540.
11/6: 8 p.m. $15-$35. Bruce Hangen conducts Stravinsky's "Symphony in Three Movements"; Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with Richard Stoltzman; Dvorak's Symphony No. 8.

Longwood Symphony
Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St. ÷ 617-332-7011. [Get directions].
10/30: 8 p.m. $15. Francisco Noya conducts Webern's "Six Pieces for Orchestra"; Liszt's "Totentanz" with Shaun Terrill, piano; Brahms's Symphony No. 3.

New England Philharmonic
Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. ÷ 617-868-1222.
$14. Richard Pittman, conductor. 10/30: Schuller's "Vertige d'Eros"; Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler"; Berlioz's "Harold in Italy" with Steven Ansell, viola. 12/2: 2 p.m., Family Concert with Joyce Kulhawik, narrator.

New England String Ensemble
781-224-1117.
Fri., 8 p.m., First Parish, 1 Church St., Wakefield; Sun., 3 p.m., First Church, 11 Garden St., Cambridge. $20. Susan Davenny Wyner, conductor. 10/1, 10/3: Britten's "Simple Symphony"; Shostakovich's Symphony No. 14 with Dominique Labelle, soprano, Alexander Anisimov, bass. 11/19, 11/21: Mozart's Divertimento, K. 138; Thea Musgrave's "Orfeo II" with Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Mahler's arrangment of Beethoven's Quartet in F Minor, op. 95. [Get directions to First Parish or First Church].

New Philharmonia Orchestra
Sorenson Center for the Arts, Babson Park, Wellesley. ÷ 617-527-9717.
$20, $25. 11/20 8 p.m., 11/21 3 p.m. Ronald Knudsen conducts Stephen Albert's Symphony No. 2; Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 with David Deveau; Gershwin's "An American in Paris."

Newton Symphony Orchestra
Newton North High School, Lowell Street, Newton. 617-965-2555.
11/7: 7:30 p.m. $18, $22. Jeffrey Rink conducts Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms"; premiere of Leon Biriotti's "Sinfonia da Requiem" dedicated to victims of the Holocaust, with Elizabeth Keusch, soprano, Chorus pro Musica.

Carl Nielsen Philharmonic
Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge. ÷ 617-496-2222. [Get directions].
10/25: 7:30 p.m. $20. Orchestra from Odense, Denmark. Jan Wagner conducts Tchaikovsky's "Festival Overture in D on the Danish National Anthem"; Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 with Lilya Silberstein; Nielsen's Symphony No. 4.

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra
Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge. ÷ 617-661-7067. [Get directions].
Concerts, Sun., 3 p.m. $9-$39. 10/24: Gisele Ben-Dor conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 1; works by Rossini, Serkebayev, Revueltas; Villa-Lobos's Harmonica Concerto with Robert Bonfiglio. 11/28: Gunther Schuller conducts Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 1; Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 5 with Andres Diaz; Bridge's "Lament"; Stravinsky's "Pulcinella" Suite.
"Aperitif" Concerts, 2 p.m., pre-concert chamber music on stage. Free.
"Ask the Artist," post-concert questions and answers. Free.

Alexander Tcherepnin Centennial
Symphony Hall, 301 Mass. Ave., Boston. ÷ 617-266-1200, 617-482-3292. [Get directions].
9/25: 8 p.m. $20-$30; $35-$100 to benefit Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, 617-661-7067. "Tcherepnin and China Memorial Concert" dedicated to Alexander, Ming, and Ivan Tcherepnin. Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Lynn Chang, violin; Hung-Kuan Chen, piano; Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra; Lan Shui, conductor. Ivan Tcherepnin's "Le Va et le vient"; Alexander Tcherepnin's Concertino for piano trio and orchestra, "Mystere" for cello and chamber orchestra, Symphony No. 3. Presented by Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts and Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra.

"West Meets East"
Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge. ÷ 617-496-2222, 617-965-2078. [Get directions].
9/25: 8 p.m. Chinese musicians with Newton Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Rink, conductor. Chinese art songs, opera arias; Beijing Opera singer Yan Xing-peng; "Yellow River Concerto" with Li Fan, piano. Chinese National Day concert presented by Chinese Arts Exchange.