1. The Baroque Festival
December 15 through 19 at various locations
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s talented musicians perform a whole lotta Bach—namely, those indestructibly lovely solo cello suites and the complete Brandenburg concerti.
2. New York Philharmonic
December 20 at Avery Fisher Hall
Expert organist Richard Pare performs Handel’s Concerto No. 10 on a program with the composer’s Water Music and Corelli’s Christmas Concerto.
3. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
December 14 at the Metropolitan Museum
The conductorless ensemble performs Bach cantatas just steps from the museum’s medieval-ish Christmas tree.