Classical picks

Tonight, Handel and Haydn Society opens with its new artistic director designate Harry Christophers conducting in Symphony Hall . . . Celebrity Series opens with an 80th birthday tribute to Leon Fleisher in Jordan Hall . . . Boston Musica Viva presents two minioperas with links to local statues at the Tsai Performance Center. . . and Tufts kicks off a weekend festival honoring composer T.J. Anderson . . . Tomorrow, Andre Previn leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra . . . Chameleon Arts Ensemble performs at the Goethe-Institut Boston . . . and the Lydian Quartet plays Beethoven and Ives at Brandeis. . . Sunday, composer William Bolcom participates in a live taping of "From the Top" at Jordan Hall . . . and a New England Conservatory memorial program pays tribute to the late pianist Patricia Zander.