We are moving the Classical Music Agenda so that it appears on Sundays instead of Mondays, when it was giving you all information overload by appearing too close to the more popular Weekly Music Agenda. This makes much more sense in planning your classical week, so we have moved the more complete Classical Week in Washington feature at Ionarts to Sundays, too. The change makes little difference in the month of July, when the Washington concert scene is disturbingly uncluttered with good things to hear. Worry not, dear reader, this DCist has combed the calendar carefully to bring you the best opportunities we can.

FREE CONCERTS:
>> This Thursday (July 21 at 7:30 p.m.), you have the chance to hear two of the city’s best performing groups, the Cathedral Choral Society and the National Symphony Orchestra in the best kind of concert, one that is free and that promises to be excellent. The program includes the St. Cecilia Mass by French composer Charles Gounod (shown here), Ravel, Britten, and Poulenc’s Organ Concerto. CCS director J. Reilly Lewis will play the organ solo, and Emil de Cou will conduct. This is part of this week’s free concerts in the Summer Music Festival 2005 at Washington National Cathedral, which we wouldn’t shut up about last week. It’s going to be one of the highlights of the summer, so you should definitely take your friends with you. Arrive early for the best seating.

That’s not the only free concert this week…