From classical ballet to contemporary dance, the classic arts scene in New York is never quiet. Here is just a sampling of some of the classic arts events happening this week.

The annual BAAND Together Dance Festival will take place July 28-August 1 at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theatre. The week-long festival, now in its sixth year, brings together five of New York City’s most iconic dance companies: Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem. Each company will present one work from their repertoire. This year, the program will include works by Claire Davison, Jodie Gates, Lar Lubovitch, Judith Jamison, and Cassi Abranches. The performances, part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, are free with advance registration. Each of these dance companies will also hold free dance workshops throughout the week.

Violinist and conductor Alina Ibragimova will lead the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center July 29 at David Geffen Hall in The Play of Fate, a program which will include Mozart’s Violin concerto No. 3, and Schubert’s Death and the Maiden, arranged for orchestra by Gustav Mahler. The program will also feature Alfred Schnittke’s Moz-Art à la Haydn, for which Ibragimova will be joined by violinist Ruggero Allifranchini.

Jonathon Heyward will lead the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center in A Mother’s Love July 31 and August 1. The themed program will include William Grant Still’s Mother and Child; the U.S. premiere of Jessie Montgomery’s These Righteous Paths with cellist Abel Selaocoe; and Brahms’ Symphony No. 3, from which originates the melody now popularly known as “Brahms’ Lullaby.”

Philadelphia-based dance company PHILADANCO! will give a week of performances at the Joyce Theater July 29-August 2. The. Company will perform four works from the company’s repertory, including Thang Dao’s Roked; Tommie-Waheed Evans’ Promise Me You Won’t Call; Christopher Huggins’ Enemy Behind the Gates, which has its 25th anniversary this year; and a new work by Rennie Harris.

The National Youth Orchestra of the United States will perform at Carnegie Hall July 31 before embarking on a European tour. Karina Canellakis will conduct the performance, which includes Samuel Barber’s overture to The School for Scandal, Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, and Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F with soloist Kirill Gerstein.

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