1. 1. “Grab it! The Music of Jacob TV”

   May 2 through May 4 at Whitney at Altria

   Classical saxophone, anyone? The Prism and New Century quartets play the innovative Dutch composer Jacob ter Veldhuis’s chamber pieces.

2. 2. Jordi Savall

   May 9 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

   The early-music connoisseur plays the repertoire as it should be played, on the viola da gamba; friends join him on harpsichord and a lutelike instrument called the theorbo.

3. 3. Festival of India

   May 5 at Town Hall

   Two masters of classical tabla and santur (a hammered dulcimer) share their skills.

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• Articles by Rebecca Milzoff
• Table of Contents: May 7, 2007 issue of New York | Subscribe!