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Fortepiano master

Englishman Richard Egarr has emerged in the past decade as one of the leading performers in baroque music, equally at home as a keyboard soloist or at the conductor's lectern. He's in town this week to play Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 12 on the fortepiano with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. The concert also features works by Purcell, Lawes and Haydn, as well as a Bach concerto with newly appointed SPCO violinist Eunice Kim as soloist. (7:30 p.m. Thu., Temple Israel, Mpls.; 11 a.m. & 8 p.m. Fri., Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie; 8 p.m. Sat., St. Paul's United Church of Christ, St. Paul; $13-$43, 651-291-1144 or thespco.org)

Feminist take on Humperdinck

In an effort to address gender imbalances in many operas — where parts for men tend to outnumber those for women — the all-female Garden of Song Opera troupe casts women to sing many male roles. As it happens, six of the seven parts in the troupe's adaptation of Humperdinck's classic fairy-tale opera "Hansel and Gretel" are for women. This hourlong concert version — unstaged and sung in English — is the ideal opportunity to sample the iconoclastic company. (8 p.m. Thu., 3 p.m. Sat.; the Baroque Room, St. Paul; $10-$20, thebaroqueroom.com)

Outstanding strings

Harp enthusiasts should mark this date on their calendars. Oklahoma native Yolanda Kondonassis, an outstanding harpist, will give a recital with guitarist Jason Vieaux. The program features pieces by Hovhaness, Schocker, Pujol and Montsalvatge from the duo's acclaimed album "Together." (4 p.m. Sun., St. Anthony Park United Church of Christ, St. Paul; $21-$31, 651-292-3268 or schubert.org)

Sax appeal

Saxophone aficionados should make a beeline to catch the Caprice Saxophone Quartet's recital. Four types of saxophones — soprano, alto, tenor and baritone — combine to play music by French composers Eugène Bozza, Pierre Max Dubois and Alexis Ciesla as well as Americans Steven Rosenhaus and Libby Larsen. (7 p.m. Sat., Studio Z, St. Paul; $10 suggested donation, studioz stpaul.com)

'My Song in the Night'

Magnum Chorum is a 60-member Edina choir specializing in unaccompanied singing. And it just celebrated its 25th anniversary. The choir's latest program, dubbed "My Song in the Night," combines well-known works by Morten Lauridsen and Richard Strauss with music by emerging composers Scott Senko and Zachary Westermeyer. (8 p.m. Sat., Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church, St. Paul; $5-$25, magnumchorum.org)

TERRY BLAIN