Violinist Andres Cardenes makes his Festival debut Aug. 9 in Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor and Dvořák’s Quartet No. 1 in D Major. The Syracuse Vocal Ensemble, conducted by G. Burton Harbison, performs Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass. Guitarist Eliot Fisk performs eight pieces over three nights. Jonathan McPhee conducts the final concert, featuring Larry Combs in Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major, Steven Doane in Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C Major, Joseph Genualdi in Viotti’s Concerto in A Minor, and soprano Julie Newell in Mozart’s Exsultate, Jubilate!