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CLASSICAL NOTES

The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra's Israeli-
born conductor, Arie Lipsky, is joined by pianist
Claudia Hoca and trumpeter David Kuehn in a
concert featuring works by Rossini, Poulenc,
Shostakovich and Schubert 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
17, at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor. $18-
$32. (734) 994-4801.
The Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by Felix Resnick, performs
Inside the BBSO, a concert with masterpieces fea-
turing the individual sections of the orchestra, 7
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, at Temple Beth El in
Bloomfield Township. $25/students free. (248) 645-
2276.
The Southfield Philharmonic presents a chamber
music concert featuring the debut of the
Symphonic String Quartet 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18,
at Southfield Centre for the Arts. Detroit
Symphony Orchestra musicians Greg Staples,
Joseph Striplin, Han Zheng and Robert Bergman
comprise the ensemble. $3-$5. (248) 424-9022.
University Musical Society hosts Germany's
Andreas Scholl, regarded as one of the outstanding
countertenors of his generation, in a program of
Renaissance songs, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, at Ann
Arbor's Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, $20-$35; and
Russia's Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre,
8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Ann Arbor's Hill
Auditorium, $16-$50. (734) 764-2538.
Neeme Jarvi returns to conduct the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra in classical concerts featuring
works by Prokofiev, Tubin and Stravinsky, with
guest violinist Xiang Gao, 8 p.m. Friday, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23-25, at
Orchestra Hall; the DSO performs a concert of
Baroque favorites, featuring conductor/harpsi-
chordist Rinaldo Alessandrini, 8 p.m. Thursday,
1:30 p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29-
Dec. 1, at Orchestra Hall. $16-$54. (313) 576-
5111.
The Zamir Chorale of Metropolitan Detroit,
conducted by Benjamin Cohen and accompanied
by Regina Papiyants, welcomes the Shir Shalom
Choir of Grand Rapids for Chaverim, a joint con-
cert planned for 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25, at Temple
Emanu-El in Oak Park. The program, a celebration
of Jewish music, highlights the fellowship between
the Detroit and Grand Rapids Jewish communities.
Free of charge. For more information, call (248)
901-3400 or (248) 543-1848.
Birmingham Temple's Vivace Series hosts celebrat-
ed duo-pianists Genevieve Chinn and Allen Brings
in a program of piano music for four hands 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 1, at the temple, located at 28611 W.
12 Mile Road in Farmington Hills. Chinn, who
made her debut with Leopold Stokowski at age 8,

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Best Bets

The Palace of Auburn Hills hosts pop
singing sensation Britney Spears 7:30
p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, $42-$77.50; and
Blue Oyster Cult, with Eric Bloom on
lead vocals, 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, $15-
$25. (248) 645-6666.
Folk/pop artist Suzanne Vega performs
7:30 p.m. Thursday, No 29, at the
Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor. $22.
(248) 645-6666.
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Jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty performs 8
Barrage takes the stage at Detroit's Music
.
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Music Hall
Hall Center for the Performing Arts 8 p.m. Friday, 5
Center for the Performing Arts, as the first part of
and 9 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
the newly created 2001-2002 Ford Detroit
30-Dec. 2. $25-$37.50. (248) 645-6666.
International Jazz Series. Ponty, who burst onto the
Singer-songwriter Holly Near, a trailblazer in the
international jazz and pop scene as a featured soloist
field of political and feminist music for almost 30
with Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention in the late
years, performs 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at
1960s, will be joined on stage by organ virtuoso
Southfield's Millennium Centre. Doors at 7, with
Gerard Gibbs and his Detroit-based trio. $45. (248)
cash bar/meet the artist after the show. $50-$100
645-6666.
reserved/$25 general admission. (248) 398-7105.
Funky jazz keyboardist Alex Bugnon takes the
Detroit's State Theater hosts Concert for a
stage at the Royal Oak Theatre, joined by guitarist
Landmine-Free
World 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3.
Joyce Cooling and sax player Dave McMurray, 8
Scheduled performers include Emmylou Harris,
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. $25-$47.50. (248) 544-
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bruce Cockburn, Steve
7949.
Earle, Patty Griffin and Nancy Griffith. $35-$55.
University Musical Society presents Sweet Honey
(248) 645-6666.
in the Rock, an ensemble of African-American
Rocker Cyndi Lauper performs at Detroit's Space
women who use their music — a cappella blues,
Nightclub, 415 E. Congress, on Thursday, Dec. 6.
jazz, gospel and rap — to fight for peace and equali-
Doors at 9 p.m. $30. (248) 645-6666.
ty, 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Ann Arbor's Hill
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra's annual con-
Auditorium, $16-$35; and jazz musicians the
certs of holiday music, Holiday Magic with the
Joshua Redman Quartet and Brad Mehldau Trio,
DSO Pops, include Chanukah Suite and take the
appearing separately and in a joint performance, 8
stage at Orchestra Hall 1:30 and 8 p.m. Thursday;
p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, also at Hill Auditorium, $16-
8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 and 7 p.m.
$36. (734) 764-2538.
Sunday, Dec. 6-9. $19-$75. (313) 576-5111.
Hank Williams III performs Sunday, Nov. 18, at
Ferndale's Magic Bag. "I want to do a kind of Kid
Rock meets country record," says the third-genera-
ON THE STAGE
tion performer. Storyteller-through-song Chris
The 2001 edition of the Radio City. Christmas
Knight opens. Doors at 8 p.m. $15. (248) 544-
starring the Radio City Rockettes, visits
Spectacular,
3030.
Detroit's Fox Theatre Nov. 23-Dec. 29. Call for
The Ark in Ann Arbor hosts David Grisman
show times. $15-$57.50. (313) 471-6611.
Quintet graduates Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, _
Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol returns to
Tony Rice and Todd Phillips, playing a blend of
the
Meadow Brook Theatre stage on the campus of
acoustic folk, bluegrass and jazz, 8 p.m. Thursday,
Oakland
University Nov. 23-Dec. 23. Call for show
Nov. 29, $25; renowned folk performer John
times.
$28-$40.
(248) 377-3300.
McCutcheon, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, $15; and
Oakland
Community
College's newly established
8
p.m.
Over
the
Rhine,
the folk-tinged art-pop of
Orchard Ridge Theater Company presents Neil
Wednesday, Dec. 5, $12 advance/$14 at the door.
Simon's comedy The Good Doctor, a series of
(734) 761-1451.
Rap group D-12, which made the New York Times sketches adapted by Simon from the work of
Russian playwright Anton Chekov, 7:30 p.m.
last month after spending a half-hour meeting 300
Wednesday-Saturday,
Nov. 28-Dec. 1, at Smith
guests, taking pictures and signing autographs at a
Theatre
on
the
Farmington
Hills campus. $7/$4
Detroit-area bar mitzvah, takes the stage 7:30 p.m.
students and seniors. (248) 522-3667.
Wednesday, Nov. 21, at Detroit's State Theater. $25.
Ann Arbor's Performance Network mounts a pro-
(248) 645-6666.

and Brings, a noted composer as well as
pianist, will perform Schubert's Fantasy in
F minor, Dvorak's Slavonic Dances and
Brings' Passacaglia, Interlude and Fugue. An
afterglow follows the concert. $18/$15
members, seniors and students. For tickets
(also available at the door) and informa-
tion, call (248) 788-9338 or (248) 661 - .
1348.

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