This is going to be a good week. There are so many things to hear, concerts that promise great delights. We’ll start with the best of the best and go from there. RECOMMENDED: >> For many serious fans of the piano, especially those who prize accuracy of technique and intellectual craft, there is only Maurizio Pollini. The last time that he played in Washington, I leapt at the chance to hear him, as I have…

In Sunday’s Post, classical music critic Tim Page asked the question a lot of us are wondering about these days: who will replace Leonard Slatkin at the podium of the National Symphony Orchestra? Slatkin still has two seasons left on his contract, but some rumormongers whisper his name as a possible replacement for Daniel Barenboim, who will be departing the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the end of this season. If Slatkin does vacate the post,…

(Classical Music Agenda by DCist contributor Charles T. Downey of Ionarts) Arts blogger Drew McManus, at Adaptistration, has proclaimed that May is Take a Friend to Orchestra Month. As Drew envisions it, this is “your sanctioned excuse to approach a friend about attending an orchestra concert with you.” (All this week, Drew has been running responses to and suggestions concerning his idea at Adaptistration.) To that end, here is your weekly dose of concert suggestions….