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.