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The next two weeks before Thanksgiving will be a busy time for classical music, with the last intense push of concerts before the dreaded holiday music season arrives. What to choose?
>> If you love good singing, you should attend this Friday's recital by mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey (pictured) and tenor Joseph Kaiser (November 14, 7:30 p.m.). They are two of the most promising young singers I have heard in recent years, and they will perform another program of musical discoveries put together by Steven Blier for the New York Festival of Song. This concert sponsored by the Vocal Arts Society will be held in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Tickets: $45.
>> If instrumental music is more your speed, the Friday concert (November 14, 8 p.m.) at the Library of Congress. The formidable Takács Quartet will play its folk music-influenced program with Hungarian folk ensemble Muzsikás and Márta Sebestyén. See what all those Hungarian composers had in mind when they referenced folk music in their compositions, and it's free.
>> One of the world's most exciting violinists, Vadim Repin, will play a recital with pianist Nikolai Lugansky on Saturday (November 15, 4 p.m.), sponsored by Washington Performing Arts Society in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The program includes Beethoven's "Kreutzer" sonata, as well as music by Debussy and Stravinsky.
>> Having never heard Emanuele Arciuli play the piano, my recommendation of his concert on Tuesday (November 11, 7:30 p.m.), at the National Museum of the American Indian (4th St. and Independence Ave. SW), is made only on the programming. It consists entirely of music by Native American composers, including the world premiere of a new work by Navajo composer Raven Chacon. Tickets: $20.
>> It's not a concert, but classical music fans will want to know that American composer John Adams will be speaking and signing copies of his new book, Hallelujah Junction, on Wednesday (November 12, 7 p.m.) at Politcs and Prose (5015 Connecticut Ave. NW).
MORE FREE STUFF:
>> On Thursday (November 13, 8 p.m.) the Kuss Quartet will play at the Library of Congress, with music by Haydn, Schubert, and Lachenmann.
>> The Marcolivia Duo will play on Friday afternoon (November 14, 1:15 p.m.) at the Friday Music Series in Georgetown University's McNeir Auditorium.
>> The Verdehr Trio plays at the Phillips Collection on Sunday (November 16, 4 p.m.).
>> Also on Sunday (November 16, 6:30 p.m.) the Euclid String Quartet plays music by Ades, Beethoven, and Chernin at the National Gallery of Art.
ALSO:
>> On Wednesday (November 12, 7:30 p.m.) the Perlman-Schmidt-Bailey Trio plays as part of the Fortas Chamber Music Series at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater.
>> French early music specialist Jérôme Corréas brings his group Les Paladins and soprano Isabelle Poulenard for a concert of French Baroque music on Wednesday (November 12, 7:30 p.m.) at La Maison Française (4101 Reservoir Rd. NW).
>> Conductor Michael Christie and violinist Jennifer Koh join the National Symphony Orchestra for this week's concerts (November 13 to 15) in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
>> The Washington Chorus is the latest group to perform Bach's Mass in B Minor, on Sunday (November 16, 2 p.m.) in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
>> The Inscape Chamber Music Project will present a program of music by Ravel, Hindemith, and Hallman, with soprano Abigail Haynes Lennox on Sunday (November 16, 5 p.m.) at the Church of the Redeemer in Bethesda.
>> For more concert information go to Ionarts.
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phew! finally! a picture an attractive woman in the classical round-up for the week. thought you were losing it there for a few weeks! :)
I do my best, but I can only work with the concerts that are on that week!