Aston Magna — America’s longest-running festival of music on period instruments, now in its 53rd season — opens its Waltham series with “The Genius of the French Baroque: sonatas and cantatas of Rameau, Clérambault, and others.” Performers: Dominique Labelle, soprano; Daniel Stepner, baroque violin; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord.
At Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, 415 South Street. Tickets: $50 in advance, $60 day of show; $15 under 30 with ID; full-time students (with ID) and children free; $2 for EBT, WIC & ConnectorCare cardholders through Card to Culture. Order tickets online or 888-492-1283.