Preview listings cover events up to Dec. 31. * indicates venue is wheelchair-accessible. For complete, updated listings, see Calendar in the Globe each Thursday.
Classical this fall:
Orchestras
Choral societies
Opera
Visiting artists
series
Chamber &
recital series
New music &
perf. art
Early music
Museums &
libraries
Churches &
organ recitals
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FROM THE BOSTON GLOBE
Ozawa's anniversary marks a varied season
Seiji Ozawa is celebrating his 25th anniversary as music director of the
Boston Symphony, which has planned a gala commemorative season in his
honor. Continued...
Fall preview
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Classical this fall: churches and organ recitals
Emmanuel Music
Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St., Boston, unless noted. 617-536-3356. Craig Smith, director.
Evening Series: 8 p.m. Nov. 28, Peggy Pearson, oboe; Joseph Payne, harpsichord. Works by Bach, Telemann, Britten. $10.50-$50 to benefit Emmanuel Children's Choir.
Schubert Series: C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University, 41 Temple St., Boston. Sun., 4 p.m. $18, students and seniors $13. Third in seven-year, 51-concert series of major vocal, piano and chamber works by Schubert.  Oct. 11, Piano Sonata in A Minor; songs on texts by Sir Walter Scott; song arrangements by Liszt; Five Songs on Greek subjects. Kendra Colton, soprano; Donald Wilkinson, baritone; Kayo Iwama and Ya-Fei Chuang, piano. Nov. 1, Three Italian Songs, D902; "Gebet," D815; songs on texts by Johann Peter Uz; Four Songs with period guitar accompaniment; Quartet in A Minor. Jane Bryden, Lynn Torgove, Frank Kelley, Paul Guttry, singers; Olav Chris Henriksen, guitar; Michael Beattie, piano; Lydian String Quartet.
Cantata Series: Sun., 10 a.m. service, Sept.-May. Free-will offering. Smith and guests conduct Bach cantatas, other works with choir, orchestra, soloists. Sept. 20, Michael Beattie conducts Cantata BWV 115. Sept. 27, Beattie conducts Cantata BWV 39.
Harvard-Epworth Church
1555 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. * 617-354-0837. $10, students $5. Sept. 13, 5 p.m., Nordic music for cello and organ with Sigurgeir Agnarsson, Andrew Paul Holman. Sept. 18, 8 p.m., Beethoven sonatas with Magdalena Sucheka Richter, violin; Elise Feingold Jackendoff, piano; benefits organ restoration fund. Sept. 26, He-Kun Wu, cello; Elise Yun, piano. Works by Beethoven, Brahms, Faure, Eric Sawyer, Chopin; proceeds to benefit North Korean Food Relief Fund.
King's Chapel Concerts
58 Tremont St., Boston. 617-227-2155. Daniel Pinkham, director.
Sunday Concerts: 5 p.m. Donation requested. King's Chapel choir, soloists, orchestra. Oct. 4, Pinkham's "Sonata III" for organ and strings; Haydn's "Salve Regina"; Hindemith's "Trauermusik"; works by Schubert, Brahms. Nov. 29, Pachelbel's Magnificat "In nomine Jesu"; Charpentier's Magnificat; Bach's Cantata BWV 142.
Tuesday Noonhour Recitals: 12:15 p.m., year-round. Free, donation requested. Sept. 15, Michael Calmes, tenor; Timothy Smith, organ. "Love's Reward," classic wedding music by Schumann, Bernstein, Gounod, Vaughan Williams, Pinkham, Malotte; organ works by Mathias, Arne, Rawsthorne. Sept. 22, Eun Suk Hong, organ. Works by Brahms, Bach, Mendelssohn. Sept. 29, Fenway Trombone Quartet. Works by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Verdi, Gabrieli.
"Music at Mission"
Mission Church (Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help), 1545 Tremont St., Boston. * 617-445-2600. Sun., 4 p.m. Suggested donation $10, students and seniors $8. Monthly concerts feature Hutchings op. 410 organ. Sept. 13, Daniel Lamoureux, organ. Works by Fleury, Vierne, Widor. Oct. 11, Timothy Macri, flute, and friends. Nov. 15, Back Bay Chorale. Julian Wachner conducts Rachmaninoff's "Vespers." Dec. 20, Lawrence Kuipers, organ. Works by Bach, Pachelbel, Reger, Vierne.
"Music in the Cathedral"
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St., Boston. * 617-482-4826. Thurs., 12:45 p.m. Free-will offering. Half-hour organ recitals. Oct. 1, Mark Engelhardt, organ. Oct. 8, Stephen Bomgardner, tenor; Carlyle Charpe, piano. Oct. 15, Thomas Handel, organ. Oct. 22, Carla Chrisfield, soprano; William Merrill, piano. Oct. 29, Richard Hill, organ.
Trinity Church
Copley Square., Boston. * 617-536-0944. Brian Jones, director.
Sunday Concerts: Trinity choir, soloists, orchestra. Nov. 1, 3 p.m., All Saints concert. Durufle's Requiem; anthems for All Saints by Britten, Howells, Tavener, others. Suggested donation $10, $15. Dec. 13, 7 p.m., Handel's "Messiah" with Ensemble Abendmusik, period instrument orchestra. Preludes for organ and orchestra from 6:30 p.m. Free-will offering.
"Fridays at Trinity": Fri., 12:15 p.m., Sept.-June. Free-will offering. Half-hour organ recitals by local and visiting artists. Sept. 18, Jared Johnson. Sept. 25, Peter Conte. Oct. 2, Brian Jones.
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