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This is the last busy week for classical music before most of the concerts turn to the annual holiday music rigmarole. Here is a careful selection.
>> Harpsichordist Pierre Hantaï presents a recital of music by J. S. Bach and Domenico Scarlatti on Tuesday evening (November 18, 7:30 p.m.). Sponsored by La Maison Française, this concert will actually take place at Grace Episcopal Church in Georgetown (1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW). Tickets: $20.
>> For something more recent, the Capuçon brothers, a fine cellist and violinist, will join their frequent collaborator, pianist Nicolas Angelich for a WPAS-sponsored concert on Friday (November 21, 7:30 p.m.) in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. The program features piano trios by Haydn, Shostakovich, and Mendelssohn. Tickets: $45.
>> Speaking of chamber music worth hearing, two pianists with great solo careers, Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman will take the stage together next Sunday (November 23, 4 p.m.) at the George Mason University Center for the Arts. The program includes works from the duo's recents disc of pieces for two piano. Tickets: $30 to $60.
>> The biggest celebrity coming to Washington this week may be the young conductor Gustavo Dudamel (pictured), the new music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. On Tuesday (November 18, 8 p.m.) he will appear with the Israel Philharmonic in a WPAS-sponsored concert at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The program includes two Symphonies No. 4, by Brahms and Mendelssohn (the "Italian"). Only a few tickets remain.
SAINT CECILIA:
>> Celebrate the patron saint of music, St. Cecilia, whose feast day is traditionally celebrated on November 22. Performers from the Catholic University School of Music will present a Solemn Vespers for the Feast of St. Cecilia on Friday evening (November 21, 8 p.m.) at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
>> On Cecilia's Day itself (November 22, 8 p.m.) the Cantate Chamber Singers will perform music in the saint's honor by Purcell, as well as music to commemorate the birthday of Benjamin Britten and the assassination of John F. Kennedy, which both happened on November 22. This concert will take place in St. John's Norwood Parish in Chevy Chase, Md.
MAKE IT FREE:
>> The free lunchtime concert at Church of the Epiphany (1317 G St. NW) this Tuesday (November 18, 12:10 p.m.) will be a recital by pianist Marie-Claude Montplaisir.
>> On Sunday (November 23, 4 p.m.) violinist Leonid Sushansky and pianist Paul Shaw will play the free weekly concert at the Phillips Collection (1600 21st St. NW). The concert is free, but admission to the museum is not.
>> Organist Scott Dettra will play a free concert at Washington National Cathedral on Sunday (November 23, 5:15 p.m.).
>> At the free Sunday concert (November 23, 6:30 p.m.) at the National Gallery of Art, The Singers’ Companye will perform a program of American music, including some by Native American composers. Enter the West Building through the Constitution Ave. entrance at 6th St. NW.
CHORAL MASTERPIECES:
>> The City Choir of Washington will perform Handel's Israel in Egypt on Saturday (November 22, 8 p.m.) at Alexandria's Schlesinger Hall. Tickets: $26 to $55.
>> It's Carl Orff's evergreen favorite, Carmina Burana, for the National Philharmonic and Chorale on Saturday night (November 22, 8 p.m.) in the Music Center at Strathmore. It will be paired with Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms. Tickets: $29 to $79.
>> On Sunday (November 23, 3 p.m.) the Master Chorale of Washington will perform Mendelssohn's Elijah in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Tickets: $25 to $80.
>> For more concert information, go to Ionarts.
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