MUSIC FOR FOOD Violist Kim Kashkashian (above) has organized a series of one-hour benefit chamber concerts with musical friends and colleagues. This month’s program features Brahms’s G-Major Viola Quintet and Bartok’s Duos. Attendees are asked to bring cans of food or a donation by check to the Greater Boston Food Bank. Dec. 19, 8 p.m. Brown Hall, New England Conservatory. 617-585-1260, www.necmusic.edu
BOSTON BAROQUE Under Martin Pearlman’s direction, the veteran period instrument band offers its annual pair of New Year’s performances, this year with concertos by Corelli, Bach, and Handel. Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. and Jan. 1 at 3 p.m. Sanders Theatre, Cambridge. 617-484-9200, www.bostonbaroque.org
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