James Levine, the renowned music director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, took over at the podium of the Boston Symphony Orchestra recently and has brought that group significant national attention with his daring programming. The Boston Symphony comes to the Kennedy Center Concert Hall this Saturday (March 11, 4:30 p.m.) for a concert that we have no business recommending because it is already sold out. (Recently injured in an onstage fall, Levine will…

Now that we are almost in October, the fall season of classical music is heating up, and we have put together a list of highlights through December for you over at Ionarts. But, this week, you should give some thought to hearing some of the good music out there (we have a more complete listing at Ionarts). We reiterate our recommendation from last week: the first opera in the 50th anniversary season of the Washington…