Source: The New York Times.
BROOKLYN RIDER AND ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER (Thursday) For more than a decade, the string quartet Brooklyn Rider has been presenting adventurous programs of contemporary music and collaborating with diverse artists from within and beyond the classical sphere. For its next venture, Brooklyn Rider will be joined by the mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter in a fascinating program of works by Philip Glass, Nico Muhly, Caroline Shaw, John Adams, Björk, Elvis Costello and others. At 7:30 p.m., Zankel Hall, 212-247-7800, carnegiehall.org. (Tommasini)
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC (Friday, Saturday, Thursday and Oct. 14) Lang Lang is back, again, in the Philharmonic’s subscription concerts this week, this time playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4. Alan Gilbert conducts that, as well as a Ligeti arrangement and Bartók’s “Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.” At 8 p.m., David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, 212-875-5656, nyphil.org. But the real treat comes on Thursday, when Esa-Pekka Salonen leads a surround-sound tribute to Kaija Saariaho, the majestic Finnish composer. Four pieces make the billing, three of which are New York premieres, most notably “Circle Map.” At 7 p.m., Wade Thompson Drill Hall, Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue Armory, 212-933-5812, armoryonpark.org. (Allen)
S.E.M. ENSEMBLE (Tuesday) Alvin Lucier had a strong artistic relationship with the artist Sol LeWitt, so it’s fitting that his music should be presented in an exhibition of LeWitt’s work. As well as Mr. Lucier’s “Navigations for Strings,” there’s the premiere of his “Love Song.” Petr Kotik also conducts his own “William William,” an American premiere, which has choreography by Matilda Sakamoto. At 8 p.m., Paula Cooper Gallery, 534 West 21st Street, 718-488-7659, semensemble.org. (Allen)
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