FIRST MONDAYS Curated by cellist Laurence Lesser, this essential free chamber music series offers an all-Hungarian program featuring some of the usual suspects (Kodaly and Bartok) but also some more exploratory selections from the the world of Eastern European folk music that so inspired these composers. Performers include the Borromeo Quartet and violinist Beth Bahia Cohen, a specialist in the folk traditions of Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East. March 7, 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall. 617- 585-1260, www.necmusic.edu

NEW MUSIC Callithumpian Consort takes to the Gardner Museum March 7 with Christian Wolff’s “Edges,’’ and Chorus Pro Musica has a premiere by Andy Vores on its March 12 program. On March 13, it’s a movable feast, with the Spektral Quartet playing Hans Thomalla and Beat Furrer, Boston Chamber Music Society offering a Harold Meltzer premiere, Boston Musica Viva delivering a Bernard Hoffer premiere, and Collage New Music waxing retrospective with an all-Carter program. www.gardnermuseum.org, www.choruspromusica.org, www.spektralquartet.com, www. bostonchambermusic.org, www.bmv .org, www.collagenewmusic.org

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Veteran maestro Herbert Blomstedt returns to the podium with an all-Beethoven program devoted to the Symphony No. 7 and Piano Concerto No. 1, with Garrick Ohlsson as soloist. March 10-15, Symphony Hall. 617-266-1200, www.bso.org JEREMY EICHLER

Jeremy Eichler can be reached at jeichler@globe.com