We are well into the season of seasonal concerts at this point. If you are looking for a performance of Handel’s Messiah or a Christmas or Holiday Concert, we’ve dealt with that. Here is what else is happening this week in classical music. NOT CHRISTMAS: >> Ironically, possibly the best performance this week also happens to be free, the latest concert in the excellent series at the Library of Congress. On Friday (December 15, 8…

This coming weekend is the last viable one for concerts in November. So we have a pile-up of events on the agenda this week, as everyone in town tries to get something heard before Thanksgiving. After Thanksgiving, it will be time for that dreaded December tradition, the holiday concerts and umpteen performances of a certain Handel oratorio that must not be named. FREE, FREE, FREE: >> This week musicians from two important summer music festivals…