Composer John Adams conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a performance of his piece Harmonielehre—the first work he released on Nonesuch Records, in 1986—as part of Sound Unbound: The Barbican Classical Weekender at the Barbican Centre in London on Sunday. Adams conducted the LSO and violinist Leila Josefowicz in the UK Premiere of his latest work Scheherazade.2, also at the Barbican, last night.

Jeremy Denk is taking part in the Barbican’s Classical Weekender as well, giving a solo recital with works by Mozart, Debussy, Brahms, Bolcom, Beethoven, and Ligeti (the last two of whom he paired on his Nonesuch debut album, Ligeti/Beethoven) on Saturday evening, and joining the Britten Sinfonia for works by Bach, Stavinsky, and Hindemith on Sunday afternoon.

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Laurie Anderson has added one final Q&A to the screenings of her new film, Heart of a Dog, at Film Forum in New York City this Sunday afternoon. The film continues its run at the venue till Tuesday, after which it will be shown at theaters across the United States. To find a theater near you, visit heartofadogfilm.com.

The Wall Street Journal recently called Heart of a Dog an "entrancing reverie," noting: "A dog is at the heart of this film, but there’s room for all manner of extraordinary insights about finding love and giving love, being canine and being human." The complete film soundtrack is available on Nonesuch Records.

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The Tigran Hamasyan Trio, with Sam Minaie on bass and Arthur Hnatek on drums, head to the Überjazz Festival at Kampnagel in Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday. The trio continues on a tour of Europe throughout November.

Hamasyan released his Nonesuch debut, Mockroot, featuring the Trio, earlier this year. NPR’s Ann Powers praised for its “startling combinations of jazz, minimalist, electronic, folk and songwriterly elements,” which “beckon listeners with a magical kind of openness.” She says “Hamasyan and his collaborators travel musical expanses marked with heavy grooves, ethereal voices, pristine piano playing and ancient melodies. You'll hear nothing else like this album in 2015.”

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Kronos Quartet and composer Philip Glass help celebrate Halloween all weekend long with performances of his 1999 score to Dracula at The Theater at Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles last night, tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday. In 1998, Glass was commissioned to write a new score for the restoration of Bram Stoker’s classic 1931 film. The piece will be scored live, as the film is projected onto the big screen at the theater. (Paul Thomas Anderson will give the LA premiere of his new film, Junun, at the theater on November 15.)

Nonesuch released Kronos Quartet’s recording of Glass’s Dracula in 1999. Filmmaker David Lynch, no stranger to horror himself, reviewed the album back then for the Austin Chronicle, saying “Glass's score, and equally Kronos's reading, is like Bela Lugosi's onscreen realization of Nosferatu: understated, bold, and effective.”

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Lake Street Dive kicked off a short West Coast tour this week, hitting the Cascade Theatre in Redding, California, tonight and the Southern Oregon University Recital Hall in Ashland on Sunday.

As recently reported in the Nonesuch Journal, Lake Street Dive has signed to Nonesuch, with the label debut album coming early next year.

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Audra McDonald makes her Australian debut with a one-night-only performance at Hamer Hall at Arts Centre Melbourne on Saturday, followed by three performances with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House next week.

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Brad Mehldau accompanies his wife, the Dutch vocalist Fleurine, for a full-band performance at The Falcon in Marlboro, New York, tonight. The Brad Mehldau Trio sets out on a month-long tour of North America and Europe next week.

The new collection 10 Years Solo Live, culled from live recordings made over a decade of the pianist's European solo concerts, was released earlier this month as an eight-LP set and will be released as a four-CD set and digitally on November 13.

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Youssou N'Dour kicks off a rare, two-week tour of North America at Terminal 5 in New York City on Sunday. The tour makes stops in Boulder, Mesa, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Seattle, and Vancouver, before returning east for stops in Montreal, Toronto, Ann Arbor, and Columbus.

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Randy Newman concludes his tour of the UK with shows at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in Scotland tonight and at Sage Gateshead on Saturday. The tour returns to the continent for a performance at Admiralspalast in Berlin on Sunday, followed by stops in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in the week ahead.

The Telegraph gives a perfect five stars to Newman’s show at the Royal Festival Hall in London earlier this week, calling the evening “mesmeric,” and concluding that Newman “proved why his talent and eminence has endured.”

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Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, a core band featuring several of the original musicians from Buena Vista Social Club, begin to round out their "Adios" tour, with shows at the Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston, New York, tonight and Symphony Hall in Boston on Sunday.

The tour has received critical acclaim, with the Guardian heralding the group’s performance as “transcendent, heartfelt and a whole lot of fun.” The group plays two shows at New York’s Beacon Theatre this week before concluding the tour in San Juan, Puerto Rico, next weekend.

The original Buena Vista Social Club album, which became a cultural phenomenon and helped introduce Cuba's rich musical heritage and pre-revolutionary past to the world, is out today on vinyl from World Circuit Records, distributed in North America by Nonesuch.

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Chris Thile launched a month-long solo tour of the United States at his former college, Murray State University, in Kentucky, last night. He plays the Dalton Center Recital Hall at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo tonight and the Sauder Concert Hall at Goshen College in Indiana on Saturday.