Peter Oundjian conducts the TSO.

SEPTEMBER 24 & 26 The Toronto Symphony Orchestra launches its 2009/10 season with a program featuring two works by Johannes Brahms. Conducted by Peter Oundjian, the orchestra accompanies violinist Joshua Bell—playing his 300-year-old Stradivarius—on Brahms’s graceful Violin Concerto in D Major and Symphony No. 2. Roy Thomson Hall, 8 p.m., $35 to $125; call 416-598-4828 or click here to buy.