The American Revolution was recalled Saturday night at Tsai Performance Center, with a fife and drum regiment to match.

The Back Bay Chorale, under music director Stephen Spinelli, began its season at Old South Church Friday night with an homage to the English clergyman Walter Hussey.

Shostakovich finished his String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor,  his final work in the genre, a year before his death. Beethoven finished his String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131, about eight months before his own passing.

It’s not easy coming out of retirement. But when Brahms heard clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld play, he was so inspired that he threw caution to the wind and began composing again.

A cabinet is an unlikely starting point for a concert, but “Schrank II” was no ordinary cabinet. 

“You may ask, ‘Why do we wear the roses?’” said Andris Nelsons in a rare statement from the stage at the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s season-opening concert. “It’s a sign of love, admiration, respect, and compassion—for us and each other. 

The Esplanade was packed for the finale of Boston Landmarks Orchestra’s 25th anniversary. Even the geese showed up on cue, both onstage and off.

Usually, a great pianist will show you their skill with sound. On Friday night, Han Chen showed his artistry with silence.

The rain cleared Wednesday night just in time for the Boston Landmarks Orchestra to open its free summer season with a “Best of Boston” concert at the Hatch Shell. Music director Christopher Wilkins led a wide-ranging program that   spotlighted Boston connections, celebrating both America 250 as well as the ensemble’s 25th anniversary.

Wagering on the unknown in their season finale at Jordan Hall Sunday night, Gil Rose led the Boston Modern Orchestra Project through a rare, all-premiere program with music by Paul Moravec, Avner Dorman, John Aylward, and Bernard Rogers. And the risk largely paid off.

In its season finale Friday night, the Cambridge Society for Early Music presented the young Arrow Quartet in an illuminating performance tracing the development of the string quartet with works by Richter, Cambini, and Mozart.

An expansive and impassioned survey of violin sonatas highlighted the concert by Lisa Batiashvili and Giorgi Gigashvili Friday night at Jordan Hall, the final classical event of the season for Vivo Performing Arts.

An expansive and impassioned survey of violin sonatas highlighted the concert by Lisa Batiashvili and Giorgi Gigashvili Friday night at Jordan Hall, the final classical event of the season for Vivo Performing Arts.

The New England Philharmonic closed its 49th season Saturday night at First Church Cambridge, with ​a program centered on Krzysztof Penderecki’s mighty Credo.

Evgeny Kissin and Andrey Boreyko restored a seldom-heard Scriabin concerto to the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s repertoire Thursday night at Symphony Hall, anchoring a Russian-leaning program of Romantic fantasy.