CONCERTS Wednesday 12/22 MESSIAH SING-IN National Choral Council pres. "Holiday Season ...

MESSIAH SING-IN

National Choral Council pres. "Holiday Season Handel's Messiah Sing-In." Bring your own score and sing along, or buy at concessions before show; Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, B'way (64th St.), 721-6500; 8, $21-$70.

nyc gay men's chorus

"Comfort and Joy: Songs for a Midwinter's Eve" feat. soprano Indira Mahajan; Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave. (57th St.), 247-7800; 8, $10-$75.

Thursday 12/23

Kansai Youth Symphony of Japan

All Japan Society for Beethoven's Ninth Symphony pres. "Large Scale Beethoven's Ninth" at Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave. (57th St.), 247-7800; 8, $20-$30.

MUSIC FOR THE SPIRIT

St. Francis of Assisi Church hosts free weekly midday concerts. Midtown Concerts consist of both secular & sacred music. Today, resident experimental theater ensemble DZIECI pres. A Fool's Mass feat. sacred hymns, chants & "comic audience participation;" St. Francis of Assisi Church, 135 W. 31st St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 967-9157; 1:15, free.

Friday 12/24

NEW YORK STRING ORCHESTRA

Jaime Laredo conducts all-Mozart program feat. violinist Cho-Liang Lin; Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave. (57th St.), 247-7800; 7, $12-$36.

Saturday 12/25

Cathedral of St. john the divine

New York's Ensemble for Early Music pres. "NOVA?A Medieval Christmas;" Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave. (112th St.), 280-0330; 3 & 8, $25 [repeats 12/26 at 3].

Monday 12/27

ANDREW BOLOTOWSKY

Baroque flutist perf. Telemann's The Compleat Fantasies for Glauto Traverso at Donnell Library Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 621-0620; 2:30, free.

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Classical-music subversive satirist Professor Peter Schickele pres. "Ears Wide Shut;" Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave. (57th St.), 247-7800; 8, $16-$46 [repeats 12/29 at 8].

Tuesday 12/28

NY STRING ORCHESTRA

Jaime Laredo conducts works by Corigliano, Mozart, Mendelssohn & Beethoven feat. violinist Jennifer Koh & pianist Jonathan Biss; Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave. (57th St.), 247-7800; 8, $12-$36.