October 2026 concerts in Massachusetts

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Andris Nelsons conducts Rachmaninoff

7:30 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43
• Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Andris Nelsons conducts Rachmaninoff

1:30 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43
• Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

Handel and Haydn Society

The Art of Living

7:30 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV55

Boston Lyric Opera Orchestra

William Tell (Guillaume Tell)

7:30 PM · Emerson Colonial Theatre

Boston, MA

• Rossini: Guillaume Tell

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Andris Nelsons conducts Rachmaninoff

8:00 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43
• Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

Handel and Haydn Society

The Art of Living

3:00 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV55

Boston Lyric Opera Orchestra

William Tell (Guillaume Tell)

3:00 PM · Emerson Colonial Theatre

Boston, MA

• Rossini: Guillaume Tell

Boston Symphony Orchestra

High School Open Rehearsal: Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 7

10:30 AM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Beethoven: Coriolan, Op. 62
• Coll: Piano Concerto
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 7

7:30 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Beethoven: Coriolan, Op. 62
• Coll: Piano Concerto
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 7

1:30 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Beethoven: Coriolan, Op. 62
• Coll: Piano Concerto
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 7

8:00 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Beethoven: Coriolan, Op. 62
• Coll: Piano Concerto
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Open Rehearsal: Andris Nelsons with Hilary Hahn and Seth Parker Woods

10:30 AM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
• Simon: Double Concerto Suite for violin and cello
• Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Op. 71

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Andris Nelsons with Hilary Hahn & Seth Parker Woods

7:30 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
• Simon: Double Concerto Suite for violin and cello
• Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Op. 71

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Andris Nelsons with Hilary Hahn & Seth Parker Woods

1:30 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
• Simon: Double Concerto Suite for violin and cello
• Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Op. 71

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Andris Nelsons with Hilary Hahn & Seth Parker Woods

8:00 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
• Simon: Double Concerto Suite for violin and cello
• Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Op. 71

Longwood Symphony Orchestra

City Alive

8:00 PM · New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall

Boston, MA

• Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
• Gustavo Larrea: Fayuca
• Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F

Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras

69th Season Opening Concert with BYS and REP

3:00 PM · Sanders Theatre at Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Boston Symphony Orchestra

TLI Chamber Concert 1

3:00 PM · Linde Center

Lenox, MA

• Dvořák: Cypresses, B. 152
• Larsen: Sorrow Song & Jubilee
• Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Millennium Rift

7:30 PM

Boston, MA

• Brittelle: Millennium Rift

Boston Symphony Orchestra

already and not yet: A world premiere by Tod Machover

7:30 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Mendelssohn: The Hebrides: Overture in B minor, Op. 26
• Machover: already and not yet
• Nante: Ein feste Burg
• +1 more

Boston Symphony Orchestra

already and not yet: A world premiere by Tod Machover

1:30 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Mendelssohn: The Hebrides: Overture in B minor, Op. 26
• Machover: already and not yet
• Nante: Ein feste Burg
• +1 more

A Far Cry

Folie à deux at St. John's JP

3:00 PM · St. John's JP

Jamaica Plain, MA

• Tucker, Otten, Wiancko, Shaw, Penderecki, Golijov
• Tucker, Otten, Wiancko, Shaw, Penderecki, Golijov
• Tucker, Otten, Wiancko, Shaw, Penderecki, Golijov
• +3 more

New England Philharmonic

Foundations and Faultlines: New England Histories

7:00 PM · Boston University Tsai Performance Center

Boston, MA

• Billings: Remember Thee, O Boston ("Lamentation Over Boston")
• Evan Meier, arr. Liberty, From the Ashes of Tyranny (2026) feat. Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums
• Louis W. Ballard Incident at Wounded Knee (1974)
• +4 more

Springfield Symphony Orchestra

Morgante Violin Concerto

7:30 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

Boston Symphony Orchestra

already and not yet: A world premiere by Tod Machover

8:00 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Mendelssohn: The Hebrides: Overture in B minor, Op. 26
• Machover: already and not yet
• Nante: Ein feste Burg
• +1 more

A Far Cry

Folie à deux at First Church Cambridge

3:00 PM · First Church Cambridge

Cambridge, MA

• Tucker, Otten, Wiancko, Shaw, Penderecki, Golijov
• Tucker, Otten, Wiancko, Shaw, Penderecki, Golijov
• Tucker, Otten, Wiancko, Shaw, Penderecki, Golijov
• +3 more

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Boston Symphony Chamber Players performs Schubert and Mendelssohn

3:00 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

• Carter: Wind Quintet
• Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor, D. 821
• Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 87

Springfield Symphony Orchestra

Percussion Trio

3:00 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

Boston Symphony Orchestra

2026 Community Chamber Concert-IBA La CASA

3:00 PM · IBA La CASA

Boston, MA

• Dvořák: Cypresses, B. 152
• Larsen: Sorrow Song & Jubilee
• Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston

A Peaceful Wind

3:00 PM · Second Church in Newton

West Newton, MA

• Stravinsky: Fanfare for a New Theatre
• Gabrieli: Primi Toni
• Gabrieli: Sacrae Symphoniae: Canzon Noni Toni a 12
• +4 more

A Far Cry

An Evening at Reuning & Son Violins

6:30 PM · Reuning & Son Violins

Brookline, MA

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Day of the Dead

7:30 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

Boston Pops

Day of the Dead

7:30 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

Boston Pops

Disney and Pixar's Coco in Concert Live to Film

7:30 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

Boston Pops

Disney and Pixar's Coco in Concert Live to Film

1:30 PM · Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

Boston Symphony Orchestra

TLI Close to Home: The Trout Quintet

3:00 PM · Studio E

Tanglewood, MA

• Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D.667, op. posth.114