Meredith College finishes its weeklong bicentenary celebration of Chopin's birth with two concerts in Carswell Concert Hall. Tonight at 8, Juilliard-trained local pianist Richard Reid performs a selection of the composer's scherzos, ballads, etudes and waltzes. On Saturday, a free concert at 7 p.m. will feature performances by Meredith's School of Music students of pianos works and songs by Chopin and Pauline Viardot. 760-2489; www.meredith.edu/music.
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Sunday: Raleigh Chamber Music Guild - Anita Burroughs-Price, harp; Brian Reagin, violin; Donna Jolly, piano and organ - music by Soler, Handel, Mozart and Massenet. Jones Chapel, Meredith College, 3 p.m. 821-2030; www.rcmg.org.
Sunday: Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra - All Bach program, including works by Johann Sebastian, his sons and a cousin. NCSU Talley Student Center Ballroom, 4 p.m. 515-1100; www.raleighcivicsymphony.org.
Sunday: Choral Society of Durham - Dvorák's Requiem, conducted by Rodney Wynkoop. Duke Chapel, 4 p.m. 684-4444; www.choral-society.org.
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