Classical & Opera Listings for June 12-18

Full reviews of recent classical performances: nytimes.com/classical. A searchable guide to these and other performances is at nytimes.com/events.

Opera

On Site Opera (Friday and Saturday) It’s “The Barber of Seville” — not Rossini’s, but another adaptation of Beaumarchais’ play, by Giovanni Paisiello. This production, site-specific as is this vital company’s way, takes place in the Fabbri Mansion and features Monica Yunus (Rosina), David Blalock (Almaviva) and Andrew Wilkowske (Figaro). Eric Einhorn directs; Adam Kerry Boyles conducts on Friday, Geoffrey McDonald on Saturday. At 7:30 p.m., 7 East 95th Street, Manhattan, 866-811-4111, osopera.org; sold out. (David Allen)

Classical Music

★ Bargemusic (Friday through Sunday) New music for piano — and toy piano and electronics — takes center stage on Friday as the pianist Nadia Shpachenko presents new compositions by James Matheson, Adam Schoenberg, Tom Flaherty and Peter Yates. On Saturday and Sunday the Aeolus Quartet digs into Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 13 (Op. 130) with its sublime slow movement; the pianist Rita Sloan joins in for Dvorak’s lively Piano Quintet in A. Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 4 p.m., Bargemusic, Fulton Ferry Landing, next to the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, 800-838-3006, bargemusic.org. (Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim)

★ Chelsea Music Festival (Friday through June 20) Finland and Hungary don’t often meet in anyone’s mind, but they are the focus of this year’s wonderful Chelsea Music Festival. Highlights among the teeming riches include a reflection on Bach through Finnish and Hungarian ears on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Canoe Studios (601 West 26th Street), plus an Avanti! program of “Finnish Music Today” on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Scandinavia House (58 Park Avenue, at 38th Street). At various times and venues; a full program is at chelseamusicfestival2015.org. (Allen)

Simone Dinnerstein (Sunday) This ever-thoughtful pianist teams up with the fiercely talented teenage musicians from the Face the Music in a program of new works anchored by Philip Lasser’s piano concerto “The Circle and the Child.” The evening also includes compositions by Paris Lavidis, Michelle David and Benjamin Wenzelburg, all associated either with the Special Music School High School or Face the Music. At 7:30 p.m., Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, Manhattan, 212-501-3330, kaufmanmusiccenter.org. (da Fonseca-Wollheim)

★ Eighth Blackbird and Will Oldham (Thursday) The adventurous and excellent Chicago-based contemporary music ensemble Eighth Blackbird takes part in the Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival at Prospect Park Bandshell with a free program. The players will perform Frederic Rzewski’s dazzling spoken-word piece “Coming Together.” Teaming up with the folk artist and singer Will Oldham, they perform arrangements of Oldham songs and more. The jazz guitarist Bill Frisell and the folk revivalist Sam Amidon are featured in the second half of this double bill. At 7:30 p.m., Prospect Park West and Ninth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 718-683-5600, bricartsmedia.org. (Anthony Tommasini)

Either/Or (Saturday) Members of this flexible new-music ensemble present two American premieres of works by the late French-Romanian master of spectral composition, Horatiu Radulescu, as well as Morton Feldman’s lovely tribute “For John Cage.” At 8 p.m., University Settlement, 184 Eldridge Street, at Rivington Street, Lower East Side, eitherormusic.org. (da Fonseca-Wollheim)

Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance (Wednesday and Thursday) Each summer this ambitious institute and festival, founded and directed by the pianist Marc Ponthus, brings together exceptional student performers with established artists and composers for an immersion in contemporary music. There are workshops and coaching sessions galore, but also public concerts, the first one this summer, on Wednesday, is titled “Polymedia Continuous Performance.” What that means, it’s hard to say. But who can resist a concert with that billing? There will be works by Boulez, Stockhausen, Kurtag and more. The second concert, “Third Stream Tangents,” on Thursday, has works by Stravinsky, Charles Mingus, David Sanford and other composers, the theme being music that draws from both contemporary classical and jazz traditions. (Through June 21, with various programming.) At 8 p.m., Mannes Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street, 212-580-0210, ext. 4884, ifcpny.com. (Tommasini)

Juilliard415 (Monday) Juilliard’s excellent period instrument ensemble, conducted by Masaaki Suzuki, joins forces with the Royal Academy of Music for an all-Bach program featuring two cantatas and soloists from both schools. The baroque violinist Rachel Podger, in town for a solo recital this week, joins as concertmaster. At 8 p.m., Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, 212-721-6500, events.juilliard.edu. (Vivien Schweitzer)

Lukas Ligeti (Sunday) The Austrian Cultural Forum and Roulette join forces in presenting a 50th birthday tribute to Mr. Ligeti, a ceaselessly innovative composer. Members of the Ensemble Mise-En present old and new works, including “Champagne for Urbana,” “Thinking Songs” and a new version of “Zambezi.” At 5:30 p.m., Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, near Third Avenue, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, 917-267-0363, roulette.org. (da Fonseca-Wollheim)

★ New York Philharmonic (Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, Thursday) The Philharmonic rounds up its indoor season this weekend with the final two staged performances of Honegger’s “Joan of Arc at the Stake,” conducted by Alan Gilbert and starring Marion Cotillard. On Wednesday, Mr. Gilbert leads celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the free Concerts in the Parks series with an all-American program in Central Park; the conductor Charles Dutoit takes over on Thursday, in Berlioz, Saint-Saens, Stravinsky and Ravel. Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 8 p.m., Avery Fisher Hall Lincoln Center, 212-875-5656; Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m., Great Lawn, Central Park, midpark, from 79th to 85th Street; nyphil.org. (Allen)

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (Friday) Under the conductor Nikolai Alexeev, this storied ensemble — once the Leningrad Philharmonic — could be excused for reveling in its Russian heritage. Two mighty symphonies make up the program: Tchaikovsky’s Fourth and Shostakovich’s Fifth. At 8 p.m., Carnegie Hall, 212-247-7800, carnegiehall.org. (Allen)

Rachel Podger (Sunday) This admired baroque violinist offers a program featuring selections from “Guardian Angel,” her recent album of virtuosic solo repertory. The lineup here includes her transcription of Bach’s Partita for Flute in A minor; as well as Bach’s Partita in D minor and works by Tartini and von Biber. At 7 p.m., Jerome Robbins Theater, Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 West 37th Street, Manhattan, 866-811-4111, bacnyc.org. (Schweitzer)

Washington Square Music Festival (Tuesday) This lively summer festival offers free concerts on Tuesdays on the main stage of Washington Square Park. The festivities begin this week, with Lutz Rath conducting the Festival Chamber Orchestra in a program including Busoni’s Concertino for clarinet and small orchestra, with Stanley Drucker as soloist. The lineup also includes Mozart’s Concerto for alphorn and chamber orchestra and Ravel’s “Pavane for a Dead Princess.” (Various programs on Tuesdays through July 7.) At 8 p.m., Washington Square Park, Fifth Avenue and Waverly Place, Greenwich Village (rain space: New York University’s Frederick Loewe Theater, 35 West Fourth Street), 212-252-3621, washingtonsquaremusicfestival.org. (Schweitzer)

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