In the month of December, this weekly agenda gets smaller and smaller as the number of concerts devoted to holiday music increases. Check our annual round-ups of concerts of seasonal music and and the endless performances of the M-Word, Handel’s ever-popular oratorio, later this week. For now, there are three good pianists coming to the area.

Gabriela Montero, pianist

>> Gabriela Montero’s concert last December was one of the better piano recitals of the season. To hear her this year will mean a trip to the University of Baltimore Student Center on Saturday night (December 6, 8 p.m.). As she does at most of her concerts, she will take suggestions from the audience for themes to use as the basis for her well-known improvisations. Tickets: $25.

>> Austrian pianist Till Fellner also gave a splendid recital here last year. He returns to the National Gallery of Art on Sunday evening (December 7, 6:30 p.m.) to play a program completely devoted to Beethoven sonatas, including the sonatas of op. 31 and 101. This will be a much-relished third chance to hear the “Tempest” sonata (op. 31, no. 2), after performances recently by András Schiff and Maurizio Pollini. To make this concert irresistible, we have only to mention that it is free.

>> Wonny Song has impressed less in his recent appearance in Washington but can still be counted on to deliver a strong performance at his recital on Sunday night (December 7, 7:30 p.m.) at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington in Rockville.

>> Tuesday night will feature a recital (December 2, 7:30 p.m.) by two Canadian singers, mezzo-soprano Susan Platts and baritone Brett Polegato. The Vocal Arts Society sponsors this program of German song in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Tickets: $45.