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ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE Monday at 8, conducted by Kurt Masur with pianist David Fray in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Bruckner's Symphony No. 7. Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600 or 800-444-1324 (TDD: 202-416-8524).

ARMY BAND Tuesday at 7:30, "Music Through the Ages." Free. Memorial Chapel, Fort Myer, 101 McNair Rd., Arlington. 703-696-3399.

NATIONAL CHAMBER PLAYERS Tuesday at 7:30, conducted by Leonard Slatkin in Mahler's Symphony No. 4. Episcopal High School, 1200 N. Quaker Lane, Alexandria. 703-933-4135 or 703-933-3000.

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY PHILHARMONIC Tuesday at 8, conducted by Juan Pablo Izquierdo in Varese's "Arcana," Scelsi's "Four Pieces for Orchestra" and Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring." Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600 or 800-444-1324 (TDD: 202-416-8524).

GEORGE MASON U. WIND SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC BAND Tuesday at 8. Harris Theater, George Mason University, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax. 703-993-8888.

TACOMA YOUTH SYMPHONY Wednesday at 7, with the McLean Youth Orchestra. Free. Rachel Schlesinger Arts Center and Concert Hall, 3001 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria. 301-215-9299.

TOWSON U. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Wednesday at 8:15, conducted by Brenda Leach in Khachaturian's Violin Concerto and other works. Center for the Arts, Towson University, 8000 York Rd., Towson. 410-704-2787.

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Thursday at 7, conducted by Leonard Slatkin in Copland's "Music for a Great City," "A Lincoln Portrait" (narrated by Corey Parker Robinson) and other works, with commentary by Martin Goldsmith. Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600 or 800-444-1324 (TDD: 202-416-8524).

TACOMA YOUTH SYMPHONY Thursday at 7, conducted by Paul-Elliott Cobbs in music by Bernstein, Barber, Gould and Hanson. Free. National Presbyterian Church, 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW. 301-215-9299.

BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Thursday at 8, conducted by Marin Alsop with the Baltimore Choral Arts Society and the Peabody Children's Chorus in Barber's "Dance of Vengeance" and Orff's "Carmina Burana." Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore. 410-783-8000 or 800-442-1198.

Chamber Groups

ENSEMBLE ALEPH AND VERGE ENSEMBLE Friday at 7:30. La Maison Francaise, Embassy of France, 4101 Reservoir Rd. NW. 202-944-6090.

WOODBRIDGE FLUTE CHOIR Saturday at 7:30. Lutheran Church of the Abiding Prescence, 6304 Lee Chapel Rd, Burke. 703-802-0990.