Nov. 05--Picks of the Week:
Haymarket Opera Company: Chicago's historically informed opera company begins its season with the Chicago professional premiere of Handel's rarely performed "Amadigi di Gaula." Sarah Edgar provides the intimate staging and music director Craig Trompeter leads a period-style orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Monday, 5 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Mayne Stage, 1328 W. Morse Ave.; $45-$65; 866-468-3401, haymarketopera.org
Access Contemporary Music: The first of three Global Connections concerts this season holds eight works representing three generations of South Korean composers. ACM's Palomar Ensemble performs as part of an exchange with the Korean National Composers Association in Seoul. 7 p.m. Friday, International House, University of Chicago, 1414 E. 59th St.; $20, $8 for seniors; 773-334-3650, acmusic.org
Chicago Master Singers: The chorus and Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra under Alan Heatherington's direction open their season with Brahms' deeply moving "A German Requiem" and little-known "Nanie," plus another rarity, Bizet's "Te Deum." 7:30 p.m. Friday and 7 p.m. Sunday, Divine Word Chapel, 2001 Waukegan Road, Techny; $15-$48; 800-595-4849, chicagomastersingers.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Guest conductor Edo de Waart is joined by the young German violinist Augustin Hadelich (recent winner of the $100,000 Warner Music Prize) for Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 ("Turkish"). The program also holds Strauss' "Till Eulenspiegel" and John Adams' "Harmonielehre." 8 p.m. Thursday (repeated Nov. 13-14), Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; $34-$221; 312-294-3000, cso.org
CSO -- Afterwork Masterworks: Mozart's Fifth Violin Concerto shares the bill with John Adams' "Harmonielehre" on a rush-hour concert led by Edo de Waart, with Augustin Hadelich as violin soloist. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; $38-$98; 312-294-3000, cso.org
Fourth Coast Ensemble: The Chicago vocal quartet, specializing in vocal chamber music, performs selections from Lita Grier's settings of poems from Edgar Lee Masters' "Spoon River Anthology," along with Part 1 of Ned Rorem's song cycle "Evidence of Things Not Seen." 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave.; free; fourthcoastensemble.com
Lake Forest Symphony: Music director Vladimir Kulenovic conducts Beethoven's dynamic Symphony No. 7, with Joaquin Achucarro playing the Grieg Piano Concerto. 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake; $40-$59; 847-295-2135, lakeforestsymphony.org
Latino Music Festival: Flutist Marco Granados and guitarist Fareed Haque perform Latin American works; 2 p.m. Sunday. The Chicago Panamerican Ensemble (Andrew Snow, cello, and Beatriz Helguera, piano) present music from their new CD, "Mexican Voices Past and Present." 6 p.m. Thursday. Fullerton Hall, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave.; $20, $14 for seniors, with museum admission; 312-443-3600, artic.edu. The festival runs through Nov. 22.
Lieder Lounge: The Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago series continues with a recital of Chinese and American art songs by Juliet Petrus, soprano, and Lydia Qiu, piano. 7:30 p.m. Friday, PianoForte, 1335 S. Michigan Ave.; $30-$35; caichicago.org
Lyric Opera of Chicago -- "Wozzeck": Alban Berg's tragic and gripping 20th century masterpiece returns to Lyric for the first time since 1994, in a new production by David McVicar, conducted by Andrew Davis and starring Tomasz Konieczny as the titular Everyman figure, Angela Denoke as Marie and Gerhard Siegel as the Captain, all making house debuts. Through Nov. 21, Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive; $34-$239; 312-827-5600, lyricopera.org
Lyric Opera Orchestra musicians and guests: Jimmy Lopez, composer of Lyric's upcoming world premiere of "Bel Canto," hosts a program of his own chamber music, plus works by Bach, Stravinsky and Gerard Grisey. 2 p.m. Sunday, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.; free, registration suggested; 312-827-5600, lyricopera.org/belcanto
Tenuto Orchestra: Jennifer Crosby conducts a program that includes Bach's "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 1 and Haydn's "Farewell" Symphony. 6:30 p.m. Friday, Gale Auditorium, 1631 W. Jonquil Terrace (free, donations accepted); and 3 p.m. Sunday, Turner Auditorium, Blackhawk Middle School, 250 S. Church Road, Bensenville ($10 per family, free for seniors and veterans); tenutoorchestra.org
In Mo Yang: The young South Korean violinist, first-prize winner of the 2015 International Paganini Violin Competition in Genoa, Italy, is accompanied by pianist Alex Beyer in works by Grieg, Ravel, Paganini and others. The recital is presented by the Lisker Music Foundation. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston; $30-$40; 847-272-2003, liskermusicfoundation.org
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