Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Weekly Ear, Jan. 15 - Jan. 21

Atlanta concert picks

SUN/18 @ 3:00pm
AHAVATH ACHIM CHAMBER ORCHESTRA with BENJAMIN WARSAW
Conductor Robert Foah leads AACO in Lucas Richman 's "Kol Nidre" and Edvard Grieg's "Holberg Suite." Pianist Warsaw performs Sergei Prokofiev's “Sonata No. 2” and joins AACO in J.S. Bach's “Keyboard Concerto in D minor.” $18 suggested donation. Srochi Hall, Ahavath Achim Synagogue, 404-355-5222 www.aasynagogue.org

SUN/18 @ 5:00pm
DUBLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Derek Gleeson conducts DPO in their 2009 US tour program of original music by contemporary Irish composers along with sprightly arrangements of traditional Celtic and Irish fare, featuring solo vocals, uilleann pipes, and Irish fiddle. $30-$40/ $20 children. Ferst Center for the Arts, 404-894-9600 www.ferstcenter.org