Music
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THREE BY ONE The One World Symphony performs a concert that culminates in the world premiere of “Thinking of You,” Stanley Grill’s musical settings of poems about love and obsession by John McKenzie.The program also includes “Sinfonia Concertante,” attributed to Mozart but of disputed provenance, and Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake Suite.” Friday, 8 p.m., St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, 157 Montague St. at Clinton Street, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, 718-462-7270, $10, $15, and $20.
AREA ARIAS The Met in the Park series presents Julius Rudel,a Metropolitan Opera veteran, conducting Camille Saint-Saens’s “Samson et Dalila.” The cast includes Irina Mishura as Dalila and Clifton Forbis as Samson. Saturday, 8 p.m., Richmond County Bank Ballpark, Staten Island, free. Also: Tuesday, 8 p.m., Prospect Park, Brooklyn, free.
SPECIAL OCCASION Pianist Harry Connick Jr. and saxophonist Branford Marsalis perform music from their new album, “Occasion.”The event takes place on the final evening of the 2005 JVC Jazz Festival. Saturday, 8:30 p.m., Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, 212-247-7800, $39-$66.
CENTURY OF SOUND The Naumburg Orchestral Concert Series kicks off its 100th straight year of free outdoor music in Central Park. The opening concert, conducted by Christoph Campestrini, features the work of Darius Milhaud, Aaron Copland, Igor Stravinsky, and Leonard Bernstein. Three other performances take place later in the summer. Sunday, 7:30 p.m., Central Park, Naumburg Bandshell, located south of the 72nd Street cross-drive, 718-340-3018, free.
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