Violinist Viviane Hagner As you might expect, there is not all that much to hear this week, with the Thanksgiving holiday and all. But you can give thanks for the chance to hear a few good concerts. MONDAY: >> Catch the final performance of Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera, a... continue reading on DCist
Photo by akkleis. This is a good week for hearing some great pianists in the area, and of all stripes and colors, too. Some good options for free concerts are listed after the jump. >> First, Alfred Brendel may not be giving public recitals anymore, but he still has... continue reading on DCist
Conductor Philippe Auguin In 2006, when Washington National Opera opened its American Ring Cycle, few could have imagined that it would end as it did on Saturday night, with a concert performance of Götterdämmerung. After very promising productions of Das Rheingold and Die Walküre in 2006 and 2007, financial... continue reading on DCist
Pianist François-Frédéric Guy will play all thirty-two Beethoven piano sonatas at La Maison Française Free concerts are the headliner again this week, followed by a few concerts, of far too many on the schedule, that will require some money. >> If you have the Veterans' Day holiday off, the... continue reading on DCist
Apollo's Fire (photo by Roger Mastroianni) At the top of the agenda this week are two concerts of rarely heard Baroque music, very different from one another but both worth hearing. Many other options, including some excellent free concerts, come later. >> The ensemble often thought to be the... continue reading on DCist
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