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CLASSICAL MUSIC
BANG ON A CAN Tomorrow, the so-called Banglewood festival at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art zeros in on Steve Reich (inset), the essential American composer. Reich will be on hand for a 3 p.m. talk about Sol LeWitt, and at 8 p.m., Bang on a Can performs an all-Reich program including his landmark “Music for 18 Musicians’’ as well as “Eight Lines’’ and “Video Phase.’’ $24, Mass MoCA, North Adams, 413-662-2111 or www.massmoca.org.
MONADNOCK MUSIC
Tomorrow’s program, “Words Into Song,’’ features works by Dowland, Purcell, Respighi, Howard Frazin, and Melinda Wagner. On Sunday, poet Richard Wilbur will read, followed by a performance of new Wilbur settings. $20, Peterborough Town House, New Hampshire, 800-868-9613 or www.monadnockmusic.org.
TANGLEWOOD
James Levine’s final weekend features Berlioz and Mussorgsky tonight, Brahms tomorrow, and “Don Giovanni’’ on Sunday and Monday. David Robertson conducts Sunday afternoon. Tuesday is the family-friendly Tanglewood on Parade day, ending with fireworks. 617-266-1200 or www.tanglewood.org. JEREMY EICHLER 
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