Valentine’s Day inspires some of this week’s programming, notably Apollo’s Fire’s performances of “L’Amore — An Old Italian Valentine” beginning on Thursday, February 13 at 7:30 pm at First Methodist Church in Akron.

Violinists Olivier Brault, Alan Choo, Adriane Post, and Carrie Krause will pair off in a few of Vivaldi’s concertos for two violins, and vocalists Erica Schuller and Brian Giebler will contribute love songs from Monteverdi’s Scherzi Musicali and works by Barbara Strozzi and Nicola Porpora.