June 11--Chicago Chorale: Artistic director Bruce Tammen directs musical meditations on loss, hope and peace, in the form of motets by Schutz, Bruckner, Arvo Part, Stephen Paulus, John Tavener and others. 8 p.m. Saturday, St. Vincent DePaul, 1010 W. Webster Ave.; $25-$40; 773-306-6195, chicagochorale.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Music director Riccardo Muti conducts the last two subscription programs of the season. His first spate of concerts holds Scriabin's "Poem of Ecstasy" and Tchaikovsky's "Manfred" Symphony"; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; $33-$220. His second and final program includes the world premiere of resident composer Mason Bates' CSO-commissioned "Anthology of Fantastic Zoology," along with Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony; 8 p.m. Thursday (repeated June 19-20); $33-$255. Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; 312-294-3000, cso.org
Fulcrum Point New Music Project: "American Howl: Music and Poetry from Bauhaus to Beat" features music by George Flynn, Jerome Kitzke and Stefan Wolpe, intertwined with poetry by Allen Ginsberg and others. Poet Kevin Coval is the guest artist, and Stephen Burns conducts the ensemble. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Poetry Foundation, 61 W. Superior St.; free; 312-726-3846, fulcrumpoint.org
Grant Park Music Festival: With artistic director and principal conductor Carlos Kalmar at the helm, the Grant Park Orchestra begins its 2015 summer season. Russian-born pianist Yevgeny Sudbin is the soloist for Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 1, on a program that also holds Andrew Norman's "Drip" and the Beethoven Seventh Symphony. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street; free, $25 for reserved seating pass; 312-742-7638, gpmf.org
Northshore Concert Band: The Westchester Symphonic Winds guests in a program of Bernstein, Lauridsen and others, combining with the concert band for the grand finale, Respighi's "The Pines of Rome." Mallory Thompson conducts. 3 p.m. Sunday, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston; $18, $13 for seniors; 847-432-2263, northshoreband.org
Ravinia $10 BGH Classics: The gifted German violinist Carolin Widmann leads the parade of artists appearing on the bargain-priced series in the festival's intimate Bennett Gordon Hall. There will be 26 such concerts this summer. Widmann's program holds solo violin works by Bach, Bartok and Bernd Alois Zimmermann, along with Pascal Dusapin's "In Vivo" (U.S. premiere). 8 p.m. Tuesday, Ravinia Festival, Green Bay and Lake Cook roads, Highland Park; $10; 847-266-5100, ravinia.org
Rush Hour Concerts: The summer-long season of free weekly classical music performances continues with the first of a series of three concerts featuring Chicago new music groups and composers. Fifth House Ensemble performs works by Stacy Garrop and Dan Visconti. 5 p.m. Tuesday, St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron St.; rushhour.org
St. Charles Singers: Music director Jeffrey Hunt leads the chorus in its season finale, a program of famous choral arrangements of folk songs from the British Isles and North America. 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Baker Memorial United Methodist Church, 307 Cedar Ave., St. Charles; $40, $30 for seniors; 630-513-5272; stcharlessingers.com
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