March 14, 2015

By Jeremy Eichler    

STAVE SESSIONS The Celebrity Series branches out with this weeklong series showcasing leading lights of the alt-classical scene and other genre-bending artists. The lineup includes composer-singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane (Tuesday), vocal project Roomful of Teeth (Wednesday), string quartet Brooklyn Rider (Friday), and Third Coast Percussion (pictured; Saturday). March 15-21, 160 Mass. Ave, 617-482-6661,www.celebrityseries.org

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Christoph von Dohnanyi leads a program devoted to Mozart Symphonies Nos. 39-41. March 19-21, Symphony Hall. 617-266-1200, www.bso.org

CHORAL MUSIC Emmanuel Music performs Bach’s “St. John Passion” with Matthew Anderson as the Evangelist and Dana Whiteside as Jesus (March 21, 8 p.m., Emanuel Church, www.emmanuelmusic.org); and the Cantata Singers present Mozart’s Mass in C minor alongside Beethoven and Haydn works (March 20, 8 p.m., Jordan Hall, www.cantatasingers.org).

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