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...borrow a term from Hollywood, Kathleen Battle's recent albums have been very high-concept. Their glossy appeal can be pitched in fewer than 10 words: Kathleen Battle and ((another famous musician)) perform ((mainstream repertory)). Thus last year Battle teamed up with soprano Jessye Norman in a program of spirituals on Deutsche Grammophon that is still going strong as a crossover best seller. In January Battle released an all-Bach album with + violinist Itzhak Perlman, also on DG; it remains near the top of the classical charts. Now, in the new pairing with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, she has another best...
...Chapel Concerts--presents Spanishand American songs by soprano Barbara Winchesterand guitarist Robert Ward. Thursday, March 12,noon. MIT Chapel, opposite 77 Mass Ave.,Cambridge. Free...
Composers Workshop--will performoriginal works for cellos and piano, soprano andpiano; digital sampler and percussion; speakersand percussion; and piano. Adams House JuniorCommon Room, 8 p.m. Free...
Bank of Boston Celebrity Series--presents ltalian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli. Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston. Friday...
American Love Songs for Valentine's Day--Soprano Nancy Armstrong, baritone Robert Honeysucker, violinist Daniel Stepner and Laura Jeppesen, viola de gamba, perform Broadway hits by the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Sondheim and others. Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. Friday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. $15; $12 for students and seniors...