Beyond expectations: Music and Beyond conjures up sprawling offerings for arts lovers

From the 75 concerts that form a tangled thicket of programming at the Music and Beyond festival that runs from July 4 to 19, Peter Hum selects eight that are worth your consideration, whether your tastes run to opera, choral music, baroque, violin or piano mastery, or even comic relief.
Dido and AeneasJuly 4, 7:30 p.m., Dominion-Chalmers United ChurchJuly 5, at noon at St-François-de-Sales, Gatineau and 7:30 p.m. at Saunders Farm
Music and Beyond begins with a fine baroque-opera flourish