April has been an exhausting month for classical music listeners. Still, when that means staying out late to hear Evgeny Kissin play eight encores, you will not hear me complaining. Put your shoes back on, because there is more music to be heard. We start with the best events this week.
>> By all accounts, Chinese-American pianist Chu-Fang Huang, winner of the 2005 Cleveland Piano Competition, is an exceptional talent at age 23. She is also not afraid of having her picture taken. As part of an international tour, she will give a recital on the Young Concert Artists Series at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater on Tuesday. The program includes the challenging Firebird Suite by Stravinsky. Tickets: $30. April 24, 7:30 p.m.
>> The final song recital hosted by Vocal Arts Society this season will feature baritone Christopher Maltman and pianist Julius Drake, in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater on Friday. The fine program includes sets of songs by Warlock, Debussy, Duparc, Schubert, and Wolf. Tickets: $38.50. April 27, 7:30 p.m.
>> If your tastes are more instrumental, then on Friday night you will want to hear the concert by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park. The group will be joined by cellist Pieter Wispelway for a program including concerti by Corelli and Vivaldi, a cello concerto by Haydn, and Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence. Tickets: $25 to $45. April 27, 8 p.m.
>> On Sunday, we also want to bilocate, so that we can magically attend two events at once. Canadian pianist Louis Lortie will give a recital of all the Chopin etudes, a rare and much-anticipated event. It will a mean a trip to Shriver Hall in Baltimore, but you will not regret it, as Lortie demonstrated in his most recent recital in our area. Tickets: $33 (students, $17). April 29, 5:30 p.m.
>> If Baltimore and purchasing a ticket just seem like too much effort, then your Sunday evening should be spent at the free concert by the Academy of Ancient Music at the National Gallery of Art. The program features music by J. S. Bach, Handel, and Telemann. Enter at the Constitution Avenue door (at 6th St. NW), and get there early. April 29, 6:30 p.m.
