Leonard Slatkin has been programming good music for the National Symphony Orchestra this season, much of it featuring an impressive roster of guest soloists. So far this fall, this DCist has heard Itzhak Perlman playing Barber and could have heard, but sadly missed, Nikolaj Znaider playing Bruch and Truls Mørk playing Elgar. True, more unusual fare has been safely packaged with favorites, for the most part, but in concert programming, just as in politics, it…

Over the next couple weeks, classical music fans, the last few concert series and performing groups will begin their regular seasons. When there is an abundance of things to hear, we try to select the best of them for this weekly post. As always, you can find a complete concert listing, each week in the Classical Music in Washington feature at Ionarts. Looking ahead, our complete listing for the month of October is full of…