This Memorial Day long weekend, John Adams conducts his Antony and Cleopatra, starring Julia Bullock, at the Met in NYC (broadcast live on BBC Radio 3), while his Doctor Atomic Symphony gets its Korean premiere in Seoul. Ambrose Akinmusire tour Portugal and Spain. Hurray for the Riff Raff plays sold-out show in Seattle. Natalie Merchant joins Sara Bareilles and Rachael Yamagata for a sold-out show to benefit Ulster Immigrant Defense Network in Kingston, NY.

Emmylou Harris performs at the GRAMMY Hall of Fame Gala; her album Wrecking Ball is being inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame. Timo Andres joins Calder Quartet in NYC. Ambrose Akinmusire joins Alonzo King LINES Ballet in San Francisco. Jeremy Denk is with Hawaii Symphony Orchestra in Honolulu. Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson take The Old-Time Revue to Ontario. Hurray for the Riff Raff tours California. Makaya McCraven is in Chicago. Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Marcus Gilmore tour China. Punch Brothers are in Virginia and Tennessee. Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered is performed in New Jersey. Molly Tuttle plays at Royal Albert Hall for Eric Church’s festival. Vagabon is in Salt Lake City.

Sō Percussion continues its BAM Fisher residency in Brooklyn with Caroline Shaw and Ringdown. Ambrose Akinmusire joins Alonzo King LINES Ballet in San Francisco. Jeremy Denk is in Düsseldorf. Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson take The Old-Time Revue to Chicago and DC. Gabriel Kahane hosts an evening with Oregon Symphony members in Portland. Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Marcus Gilmore tour Tokyo. Mandy Patinkin is in Kalamazoo. Chris Thile joins Asheville Symphony Orchestra.

Mary Halvorson & Bill Frisell and Ringdown play Bang on a Can's Long Play Festival in Brooklyn; Kronos Quartet performs nearby at National Sawdust. Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson take The Old-Time Revue across the US Southeast, in Miami, Atlanta, and Birmingham. Cécile McLorin Salvant is at SFJAZZ. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway join Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit at Red Rocks in Colorado. Yasmin Williams performs for Mountain Stage.

Rhiannon Giddens’ inaugural music festival, Biscuits & Banjos, is in downtown Durham, NC, including a Yasmin Williams set and a live-streamed Carolina Chocolate Drops reunion. Ambrose Akinmusire leads a Village Vanguard residency in NYC. Kronos Quartet’s 10th annual hometown festival is at SFJAZZ. Mandy Patinkin is in Seattle. Cécile McLorin Salvant performs at the University of Maryland. Caroline Shaw & Gabriel Kahane are at 92NY. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway conclude their month-long tour with Brooks & Dunn in St. Louis and Louisville.

Dirty Projectors' David Longstreth performs at Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally in LA. Mary Halvorson plays Cully Jazz in Switzerland with pianist Sylvie Courvoisier. Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Marcus Gilmore tour Houston, Indianapolis, and Kalamazoo. Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn are at University of Notre Dame. Punch Brothers close out The Energy Curfew Music Hour season two in NYC. Cécile McLorin Salvant performs in Jacksonville and San Antonio. Molly Tuttle celebrates Duane Eddy at Opry House in Nashville.

Laurie Anderson is at Rewire Festival in The Hague. Mary Halvorson is in Germany and Switzerland. Emmylou Harris celebrates Guy Clark in Evanston and Milwaukee. Gabriel Kahane joins Oregon Symphony members in Portland; Ringdown plays nearby. Brad Mehldau is at SFJAZZ with Christian McBride, Marcus Gilmore. Mandy Patinkin is in upstate New York. Cécile McLorin Salvant performs in New Jersey. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway join Brooks & Dunn in Illinois.

The Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN—which kicked off with a set by Jeff Parker and his Tortoise bandmates and a solo set from Ambrose Akinmusire—continues with performances by Parker, Akinmusire, Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly, Mary Halvorson, and others. Kronos Quartet is at Carnegie Hall in NYC and Zellerbach Theatre in Philadelphia. Brad Mehldau is with Ian Bostridge at Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway tour with Brooks & Dunn in Charlotte and Charlottesville.

David Longstreth hosts three listening parties / performances of music from Song of the Earth, his upcoming album with Dirty Projectors and s t a r g a z e, at Public Records in Brooklyn. Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered is performed in NYC. Jeremy Denk plays Bach in Worcester. Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti and Frank Rosaly bring MESTIZX to Chicago. Emmylou Harris headlines LA Folk Festival. Hurray for the Riff Raff concludes tour with Bright Eyes in Kansas City and St. Louis. Nathalie Joachim performs Ki moun ou ye at University of Notre Dame. Gabriel Kahane joins Orchestre National de Lyon to perform from Book of Travelers. Kronos Quartet is in Richmond. Mandy Patinkin is in Palm Desert. Yasmin Williams tours Colorado.

Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are with Brooks & Dunn in Texas, where Yasmin Williams headlines Fort Worth African American Music Festival. Hurray for the Riff Raff joins Bright Eyes in Tennessee and Georgia. Brad Mehldau and Cécile McLorin Salvant both tour France. Mandy Patinkin is in New Jersey. Ringdown performs from its upcoming debut album in Milan. Chris Thile joins Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

Caroline Shaw, Gabriel Kahane perform at Wigmore Hall in London. Laurie Anderson is at the Brooklyn Public Library. Julia Bullock sings Britten with Minnesota Orchestra. Jeremy Denk joins Academy of St Martin in the Fields in Bethlehem, Newark, and Worcester. Hurray for the Riff Raff joins Bright Eyes in Orlando, Atlanta, and Knoxville. Mandy Patinkin, Richard Goode are in Pennsylvania. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Italy.

Mary Halvorson and her new quartet are in NYC. Timo Andres performs in DC with Aaron Diehl. Julia Bullock joins Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Rhiannon Giddens is at Blue Note Tokyo. Emmylou Harris cruises on Cayamo. Hurray for the Riff Raff tours Texas and Baton Rouge with Bright Eyes. Nathalie Joachim brings Ki moun ou ye to Carlsbad, CA, and Beaverton, OR, where Steve Reich's Different Trains is performed.