Classical picks

By Richard Dyer, Globe Staff | May 26, 2006

"Big Band," a concert by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project led by conductor Gil Rose, includes music by Gershwin (with pianist Stephen Drury ), George Antheil, and Milton Babbitt, as well as the world premiere of a new work by William Thomas McKinley for clarinet and big band with Richard Stoltzman as soloist. It's tonight at 8 in Jordan Hall.