Get unlimited access to Bruins cup coverage - Just 99¢

The Boston Globe

Music

Critic’s picks: classical music

TANGLEWOOD

Friday night in the Shed, Pinchas Zukerman serves as both conductor and violin soloist, leading the BSO in an all-Bach program. Saturday, Stéphane Denève leads the premiere of André Previn’s “Music for Boston” alongside the Elgar Cello Concerto with Yo-Yo Ma as soloist. And Sunday, Christoph von Dohnányi returns to the podium, with the pianist Paul Lewis making his BSO debut in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23. Meanwhile at Ozawa Hall, the annual Festival of Contemporary Music, directed this year by Oliver Knussen, runs through Aug. 13. Lenox. 617-266-1200,
www.tanglewood.org

CAPE COD CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

The multi-venue festival, which runs through most of August, presents the Jupiter String Quartet in Wellfleet (Friday night) and the Borromeo Quartet in Yarmouth (Sunday). 508-247-9400, www.capecodchambermusic.org

BOSTON CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY

Steven Copes (violin), Marcus Thompson (viola), Ronald Thomas (cello), and Randall Hodgkinson (piano) perform music by Satie, Fauré, and Debussy. Aug. 11, Mosesian Theater, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown. 617-349-0086, www.bostonchambermusic.org JEREMY EICHLER

Jeremy Eichler can be reached at jeichler@globe.com