Monday 1807 & Friends start off the week with chamber music by Arriaga, Falla, Boccherini and Turina. Helen Corning Warden Theater (1920 Spruce St); 7:30 PM; $17 Friday/Saturday Take a break from eating and shopping with a Philadelphia Orchestra concert featuring Ravel's well-known Rapsodie espagnole and Bolero, and Revueltas' Night of the Mayas. Verizon Hall; 8 PM; $38-$123 Image via flickr.com user gierszewski......

Monday As part of Swarthmore's Midday Monday Concert Series, Dolce Suono's Metal and Wood Band will play a free concert of Handel, Dowland, Johnson, Schulhoff, Kreutzer and Piazzolla. Lang Concert Hall (Swarthmore College); 12:30pm; FREE Tuesday Hear the opera singers of tomorrow duke it out today at the Academy of Vocal Arts' Giargiari Bel Canto Competition. Perelman Theater (Kimmel Center); 7:30 PM; $34 The Philadelphia Orchestra continues its run of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring (Phillyist's......

Monday The Philadelphia Art Alliance's New Music Mondays series presents works by Jan Krzywicki, Professor of Composition at Temple University. Philadelphia Art Alliance (251 S. 18th St.); 7:30 PM; $20 Wednesday The Philadephia Chamber Music Society Presents the American Quartet with Lydia Artymiw, piano, in a program of Haydn, Shostakovich, Dohnanyi. The pianist will even give a free pre-concert lecture at 6:45! Perelman Theater (Kimmel Center); 8 PM; $22 Thursday The Academy of Vocal......

We always get a little sad when the main classical music season ends and all the musicians go to their fun summer festivals. But, this can only mean that the Mann Center's season is just around the corner! Monday For the 150th anniversary of Robert Schumann's death, the Kimmel Center presents "The Romantic World of Robert Schumann" with Jeffrey Siegel, piano. This program takes a look at the passion behind Robert Schumann's piano works......

This is truly a week for chamber music in all shapes and sizes. Monday The Momenta Quartet, currently in residence at Temple University, presents a Philadelphia premiere by Martin Bresnick, plus world premieres by Richard Brodhead and Maurice Wright. Rock Hall Auditorium, Temple University; 7:30 PM; FREE Tuesday The newly-formed Curtis-based baroque trio La Mela di Newton gives its debut performance with works by Castello, Handel, Frescobaldi, and Rameau. Field Concert Hall (Curtis Institute of......