The mostly genteel Canadian balladeer Sarah McLachlan comes to town on a national tour featuring local symphony orchestras reinterpreting her hits in classical style. For the D.C. area show at Merriweather, she's tapped the Strathmore-based National Philharmonic. Thursday, July 5. Doors at 6 p.m. Merriweather Post Pavilion, 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, Md. Tickets are $41 to $96. Call ... [Read]

Pianist Brian Ganz and clarinetist Richard Stoltzman perform with the National Philharmonic in an All Debussy program, part of a festival celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Impresssionistic composer's birth. Saturday, May 5, at 8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. Tickets are $37 to $81. Call 301-581-5100 or visit strathmore.org. Follow @metroweekly ... [Read]