BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Bernard Haitink returns to the podium with a program devoted to Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, with Murray Perahia as piano soloist. March 31-April 5, Symphony Hall. 617-266-1200, www.bso.org

CANTATA SINGERS David Hoose leads the chorus in Brahms’s “German Requiem,’’ on a program that also includes works by Bach and Webern. April 1, 8 p.m. Jordan Hall (with a preconcert talk by John Harbison in NEC’s Williams Hall at 7 p.m.). 617-868-5885, www.cantatasingers .org

PIANISTS IN JORDAN On Saturday, visiting pianist Jeremy Denk brings an eclectic recital program with works by composers ranging from Bach and Byrd to Schubert and Nancarrow. And on Sunday Boston’s own keyboard sovereign, Russell Sherman, performs music by Schoenberg, Beethoven, Debussy, and Liszt. Both events are in Jordan Hall. www.celebrityseries.org, www.necmusic.edu

FUKUSHIMA YOUTH SINFONIETTA After the tsunami disaster of 2011, these young Japanese musicians united under the mentorship of the Greek-British pianist Panos Karan. Together they make their US debut with a program of works by Barber, Glinka, Mozart, and Rachmaninoff. April 3, 8 p.m. Symphony Hall. 617-266-1200, www.bso.orgJEREMY EICHLER

Jeremy Eichler can be reached at jeichler@globe.com