SoCal music & dance, March 4-11: Charo, Kronos Quartet, Lionel Popkin and more

Classical, opera, jazz, folk, pop, rock, ballet, tap, flamenco, contemporary dance and more for LA & OC

Charo (Carpenter Center)

Welcome to the latest TV or Not TV newsletter spotlighting live music and dance performances all around Southern California this coming week. I’m Matt Cooper, former listings coordinator for the LA Times’ Calendar section.

---

Classical & opera

‘Highway 1, USA’ and ‘The Dwarf’ Los Angeles Opera pairs William Grant Still’s 1940s-era musical drama about a Black couple trying to make a better life for themselves (sung in English with English subtitles) with Alexander Zemlinsky’s tragic 1922 fable about a dwarf who is given as a birthday gift to a spoiled Spanish princess (in German with English subtitles); James Conlon conducts. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 2 p.m. Sunday, March 3; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14; 2 p.m. Sunday, March 17. $29 and up. (213) 972-8001. LAOpera.org

‘Brahms and Fauré’ Members of the LA Phil perform Fauré’s Piano Quartet and Brahms’ String Quartet No. 2 in A minor. Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 5. $20-$60. (323) 850-2000. laphil.com

‘Music 101: Inspiration’ Music appreciation with KUSC’s Alan Chapman. Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6. $5. (323) 850-2000. laphil.com

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Music director Nathalie Stutzmann leads the orchestra in Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “New World,” plus Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor,” featuring Van Cliburn gold-medal pianist Haochen Zhang. Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. 8 p.m. Thursday, March 7. $38 and up. (949) 553-2422. philharmonicsociety.org

Also at the Soraya, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 8 p.m. Saturday, March 9. $49-$149. (818) 677-3000. thesoraya.org

‘Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff’ Guest conductor Domingo Hindoyan leads the LA Phil in Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 featuring pianist Mao Fujita, and Sofia Gubaidulina’s “Poema-Skazka (Fairy-Tale Poem).” Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 8 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, March 7 & 9; 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10. $64-$329. (323) 850-2000. laphil.com

St. Matthew’s Music Guild Violinist Hye-Jin Kim joins the Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew’s for Gian Carlo Menotti’s Violin Concerto; program also includes works by Florence Price and a new piece by composer and saxophonist Ethan Helm. St. Matthew’s Church, 1031 Bienveneda Ave., Pacific Palisades. 8 p.m. Friday, March 8. $45. (310) 573-7422. MusicGuildOnline.org

‘Sounds Genius: Brahms’ Piano Quintet’ Host Brian Lauritzen and company explore the composer’s 1865 work in this entry in Salastina’s music appreciation series. Edye Second Space at the Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. 8 p.m. Friday, March 8. Also at Pasadena Conservatory of Music’s Barrett Hall, 100 N. Hill Ave., Pasadena. 8 p.m. Saturday, March 9. $10, $40. salastina.org

‘Brahms Requiem’ Maestro Eckart Preu and the Long Beach Symphony are joined by soprano Elissa Johnston, bass-baritone Kevin Deas and the Long Beach Camerata Singers for the German composer’s 19th century masterwork; program also includes pieces by Guillaume Connesson and Vaughan Williams. Long Beach Terrace Theater, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach. 8 p.m. Saturday, March 9. $32-$114. (562) 436-3203. longbeachsymphony.org

‘A Thousand Thoughts: A Live Documentary With Kronos Quartet and Sam Green’ The storied string quartet celebrates its 50th anniversary in this multimedia-enhanced concert. Soka Performing Arts Center, 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo. 8 p.m. Saturday, March 9. $31.50-$75. (949) 480-4278. soka.edu

Camerata Pacifica The chamber music ensemble performs works by Brahms, Schoenberg and Arvo Pärt. Scherr Forum Theatre, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. 3 p.m. Sunday, March 10. Also in Pasadena, March 12; downtown L.A., March 14; and Santa Barbara, March 15. $75, $80. (805) 884-8410. cameratapacifica.org

‘City Lights’ Violinist Philip Vaiman is joined by pianist Brendan White, soprano Haiming Wu and mixed-media artist Lina Kogan for a visually-enhanced program featuring works by Bach, Ravel, et al. Westside Music Conservatory, 12424 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 6 p.m. Sunday, March 10. $20-$40. philipvaiman.com

Huntington Beach Symphony Orchestra Cellist Ruslan Biryukov joins maestro Grant Sevdayan and the orchestra for Khachaturian’s Cello Concerto; program also includes Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “New World.” Huntington Beach Central Library Theatre, 7111 Talbert Ave., Huntington Beach. 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10. $25-$35. (714) 274-5524. hbsymphony.org

‘The Nowruz Concert’ A free and family friendly Persian New Year festival (noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 10 at UCLA) is capped by a ticketed performance featuring vocalist Sahar Boroujerdi, soprano Hila Plitmann, master musicians and brothers Tahmoures and Sohrab Pournazeri and the L.A.-based Iranshahr Orchestra. UCLA’s Royce Hall, 10745 Dickson Court, Westwood. 6 p.m. Sunday, March 10. $25-$220. farhang.org