Mikko Nissinen’s juxtaposition of great choreographers comes to fruition as the Boston Ballet performs George Balanchine’s “Rubies,” Peter Martins’s “Distant Light,” and Balanchine’s “Divertimento.” See what all the lecturing was about. Tickets $18-$98. The Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., Boston. 2 and 8 p.m. (800) 447-7400. Also Sunday. (JSG)

Sunday, Oct. 24

MUSIC | Masters of Chinese Music and Snow Stringed Instruments

Come hear Miss Song Fei, China’s preeminent erhu player, if only to find out exactly what this two-stringed fiddle sounds like in person. The program, straight out of Beijing, includes guest vocalists and ensembles in what promises to be the most sublime traditional Chinese music presentation you’ll see at Harvard. Tickets $40, $30 and $27 with a $5 discount for Harvard staff and students; $10 rush tickets may be available after 6 p.m. the day of the concert. Harvard Box Office (617) 496-2222. 7 p.m. Sanders Theatre. (MAB)

MUSIC | Biggs Memorial Organ Recital

This presentation of the Harvard Organ Society along with the Memorial Church and the Harvard University Art Museums features Paul Jacobs, the chair of Juillard’s organ department. If you like Bach, mark your calendar, because this program is dedicated solely to the works of the great composer. Adolphus Busch Hall. $10. 7:30 p.m. (MAB)

MUSIC | Boston Secession

In the spirit of the election season Boston Secession presents a concert dedicated to the music of war—- “Weapons of Musical Destruction.” The group features Lassus’s “Tragico tecti syrmate,” Billings’s “Chester,” Haydn’s “Lord Nelson Mass,” Vaughan Williams’s “Dona Nobis Pacem,” and works by Handel, John Adams, Kurt Weill, and Pete Seeger. Tickets $25-$35. First Congregational Church, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, 8 p.m. (617) 499-4860. (JSG)

Monday, Oct. 25

MUSIC | etown

Come sit in the audience of NPR’s weekly radio program, etown, as they host a live taping. Hosted by Nick and Helen Forster, etown will feature the Cowboy Junkies and Madeleine Peyroux in this mix of musical performance and interview. Tickets $22, 26. Harvard Box Office (617) 496-2222. 8 p.m. Sanders Theater. (EGC)