Classical roundup: more guest conductors, Mozart's Requiem and early music

Orchestra Seattle moves to Meany; six music organizations take on Mozart's Requiem; Vassily Sinaisky conducts "Daphnis et Chloe"; and Jordi Savall leads a musical homage to women in medieval and Renaissance song.

Orchestra Seattle/Seattle Chamber Singers

Meany Theater, 4001 University Way N.E., Seattle (Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006 or www.brownpapertickets.com; information at www.osscs.org)

Orchestra Seattle, with conductor George Shangrow, moves to Meany Hall for this "Big Orchestra" concert. Michael Torke's imaginative saxophone concerto will be played by award-winning saxophonist Erik Ibsen-Nowak. Soprano Eleanor Stallcop-Horrox performs Strauss' hauntingly beautiful "Four Last Songs," and the orchestra itself will be the star of Bartók's virtuosic Concerto for Orchestra. 3 p.m. Sunday. Free-$25.

Northwest

Associated Arts

Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle (206-246-6040 or at the door for tickets; nwassociatedarts.org)

Mozart's Requiem: The Cantaré Vocal Ensemble, Vashon Island Chorale, Cascadian Chorale, Everett Chorale, Rainier Chorale and Sammamish Symphony Orchestra — a total of 307 singers and 70 musicians — will perform Mozart's unfinished, final work at Benaroya, conducted by Mark Adrian. Each of the choral groups will get a 15-minute solo performance spot in the program. 2 p.m. Sunday. $25 advance or $30 at the door.

Philharmonia Northwest

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 4805 N.E. 45th St., Seattle (206-675-9727 or www.philharmonia.org)

The Canyon Park Junior High Symphonic Choir, under the direction of Ailisa Newhall, joins conductor Roupen Shakarian for a concert featuring Michael Haydn's Vespers pro festo Sancto Innocentium and Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral"). 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Free-$18.

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle (206-215-4747 or www.seattlesymphony.org)

Discover Music: "Peter and the Wolf": Seattle Symphony's recently appointed assistant to guest conductors, 17-year-old Alexander Prior, conducts Prokofiev's classic in this special family show. Pat Cashman and Tracey Conway share narrating duties. 11 a.m. Saturday. $15-$20.

A Remarkable Debut: Pianist Ingrid Fliter: James Gaffigan, considered by many to be the most outstanding young American conductor working today, leads the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and acclaimed Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter in a program of Mozart, Haydn and Mendelssohn. 8 p.m. Saturday. $9-$70.

David Tanenbaum: Internationally renowned guitarist Tanenbaum will perform in a variety of styles and from different eras in a program including compositions by Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Robert De Visée, Ennemond Gaultier, Steve Reich and others. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. $35.

Sinaisky Conducts Ravel's "Daphnis et Chloe": Russian conductor Vassily Sinaisky, former music director of the Moscow Philharmonic, leads the SSO through the music for Ravel's ballet, as well as Brahms' Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor. Sinaisky will participate in a post-show "Ask the Artist" conversation in the lobby. Bernard Jacobson, a Seattle Times contributor, will deliver a preconcert talk one hour before each performance. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. March 19 and 20, and 2 p.m. March 21. $9-$100.

Early Music Guild

Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca Street) Seattle (206-325-7066 or www.earlymusicguild.org)

Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI: Savall and his ensemble devoted to early music return to Seattle with "Lux Feminae," an homage to women in medieval and Renaissance song and instrumental music. "An invocation of femininity as the key to the spiritual world, it is told through seven contrasting musical moods depicting mysticism, sensuality, motherhood, love, grief, rejoicing, and wisdom." Spanish musician Savall leads an ensemble including voices, harp, oud, cithara, psaltery, flutes, rebab, lira d'arco and percussion. A preconcert lecture begins at 7 p.m., 8 p.m. Sunday. $25-$42 ($5 discount for Town Hall members).

Tom Keogh: tomwkeogh@yahoo.com