Grant Park Music Festival: German cellist Johannes Moser plays the Dvorak Cello Concerto on a Grant Park Orchestra program that also includes Kodaly’s “Summer Evening” and Janacek’s Sinfonietta, with Carlos Kalmar conducting; 6:30 p.m. Friday and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Christopher Bell leads the festival’s annual Independence Day Salute, a program of star-spangled Americana that includes Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” (Emily Bear, pianist); 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. William Bolcom’s Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 (“Machine”) will receive their festival premieres under the direction of Dennis Russell Davies; Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony rounds out the program; 6:30 p.m. July 6 and 7:30 p.m. July 7. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street; 312-742-7647, www.gpmf.org
Folks Operetta: Emmerich Kalman’s tuneful masterpiece “The Csardas Princess” opens the Chicago troupe’s 2018 season in a fully-staged production sung in English, conducted by Mark Taylor and directed by Gerald Frantzen. The 1915 show, about the love affair between an aspiring young singer from the provinces and the scion of a wealthy Viennese family, takes aim at the rigid class divisions of the period. July 7-22 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave.; $25-$40; www.folksoperetta.org
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Ravinia Steans Music Institute Program for Piano and Strings: The 30th anniversary celebration of Ravinia’s summer conservatory brings a free violin master class, with program director Miriam Fried, 2 p.m. Friday; and a free chamber music concert, 2 p.m. Saturday. Bennett Gordon Hall. Ravinia Festival, Lake Cook and Green Bay roads, Highland Park; 847-266-5100, www.ravinia.org
Rush Hour Concerts: The summer series of free, weekly classical music performances continues with American chamber works of Amy Beach and Paul Schoenfeld, played by the Fifth House Ensemble. 5:45 p.m. Tuesday (preconcert conversation at 5:15 p.m.), St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron St.; 312-670-6888, www.imfchicago.org
Ksenija Sidorova: The Russian accordionist plays Russian works. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Martin Theatre, Ravinia, Lake Cook and Green Bay roads, Highland Park; $40 and $60, $10 lawn; 847-266-5100, www.ravinia.org
Symphony Center Presents Special: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Richard Kaufman presents “Star Wars: A New Hope” in Concert, performing the John Williams score to accompany full-length screenings of the film. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; $65-$180; 312-294-3000, www.cso.org
John von Rhein is a Tribune critic.
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