MUSIC
CLASSICAL
21st Annual String Festival, Zankel Music Center, Skidmore College, 815 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs. Free. 518-580-5321 or skidmore.edu/zankel.
- 7:30 p.m. Saturday: Pacifica Quartet performs works by Louis Gruenberg, Dvorak and Beethoven.
- 2 p.m. Sunday: Skidmore String Ensembles Perform Alongside Pacifica Quartet.
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, 30 Second St., Troy. 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. $18-$78. 518-273-0038 or troymusichall.org. Performing works by Rachmaninoff, Edward Elgar and Joel Thompson.
Candlelight: From Bach to the Beatles,The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany. 6 p.m. Saturday. $27-$57. 518-473-1845 or theegg.org. A multisensory concert performed in the glow of candlelight by the string quartet Listeso…