Classical music: Violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky performs Samuel Barber’s beautiful and popular Violin Concerto this Friday night with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, which also celebrates spring with works by Beethoven and other composers. Plus, University Opera’s production of “Transformations,’ which ends Tuesday night, gets a rave review from Isthmus

ALERT: University Opera’s production of “Transformations,” with dark and adult takes on fairy-tale by the late Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Anne Sexton and music by Conrad Susa , gets a rave review from critic Jay Rath writing for Isthmus. It calls the production breath-taking and an astonishing success. It also gives you tasty morsels of the show to whet your appetite The last performance is this Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m in Music Hall. Here is a link: http://isthmus.com/arts/stage/univ [...]