Three Pittsburgh Symphony premieres will be performed on Dec. 6-8 when music director Manfred Honeck leads his own arrangement of Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine, Reena Esmail’s RE|Member, and Adolphus Hailstork’s Lachrymosa. The second half of the program is Fauré’s Requiem with Jeanine De Bique, Joshua Hopkins, and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh. https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/production/92952/sparks-fly-voices-soar-brahms-and-faure  

The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra will perform five of Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos (all but No. 2) on Dec. 13-15, under the direction of Richard Egarr. https://content.thespco.org/events/bachs-brandenburg-concertos-with-richard-egarr-2425/