FACULTY RECITAL SERIES Pianist Zenon Fishbein performs works by Turina, De Falla & Prokofiev; Hubbard Recital Hall, Manhattan School of Music, B'way (122nd St.), 749-2802 ext.428; 8, free.
L'OPÉRA FRANÇAIS Francis Poulenc's La Voix Humaine & Darius Milhaud's Le Pauvre Matelot 20th-century works performed at Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse, Hunter College, 68th St. (betw. Park & Lexington Aves.), 772-4448; 8, $28-$40.
SOLO FLIGHTS?3 DOUBLE FEATURES BY 7 Concluding night of piano recitals feat. Netherlands' Tomoko Mukaiyama & Jed Distler; Here, 145 6th Ave. (betw. Spring & Dominick Sts.), 647-0202; 7 & 9, respectively, $15, $12 adv., $8 st./s.c.
Thursday 10/28
AUSTRIA CONCERT SERIES Elizabeth, Stefan & Johannes Jess-Kropfitsch perform works by Haydn & Beethoven; Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St. (betw. B'way & Amsterdam Ave.), 501-3330; 8, free.
MUSIC FOR THE SPIRIT St. Francis of Assisi Church hosts free weekly midday concerts. Midtown Concerts consist of both secular & sacred music, performers incl. St. Francis Singers, The Artek Singers & resident musicians. Today's feat. guest is organist Charles Callahan; 135 W. 31st St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 967-9157; 1:15, free.
NOONDAY CONCERTS Program of Danish music feat. Mad Cows sing at Trinity Church, B'way (Wall St.), 602-0747; 1, $2.
NY CITY OPERA Performance of Bizet's French opera, Carmen at NY State Theater, 20 Lincoln Center, B'way (64th St.), 870-5570; 7:30, $22-$90 [repeats 10/30 at 8].
SHEVA Turkey's world music ensemble, Sheva & Omar Faruk Tekbilek perform concert to raise money for the people of Turkey; Temple Emanu-El, 10 E. 66th St. (betw. Central Pk. W. & Columbus Aves.), 751-4000 ext.212; 8, $50.
SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY Hans Vonk conducts orchestra during their only NY appearance; Carnegie Hall, 154 W. 57th St. (7th Ave.), 247-7800; 8, $18-$66 [repeats 10/29 at 8].
Friday 10/29
CHAMBER OPERA SERIES Premiere of Houdini the Great performed in three-part series. Tonight, Copenhagen's Den Anden Opera debuts, pres. by The Danish Wave '99; Columbia's Miller Theater, 2960 B'way (116th St.), 854-7799; 8, $15[repeats 10/30 at 8 & 10/31 at 3].
NY CITY OPERA Puccini's La Bohème at NY State Theater, 20 Lincoln Center, B'way (64th St.), 870-5570; 7:30, $22-$90.
MANHATTAN CHAMBER SINFONIA James Judd conducts orchestra feat. violinist Yoo-Kyung Min in works by Ravel, Chausson & Brahms; 675 W. 252nd St. (Indep. Ave.), Bronx, 718-549-3200; 2, $12, $10 st./s.c.
MEET THE VIRTUOSO Series of hour-long concerts. Today, cellist Allen Whear & pianist Audrey Axinn perform works Mozart & Beethoven; 92nd St. Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 996-1100; 2, free.
THIRD STREET MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT ARTIST'S SERIES Gary Tigner performs violin works by Bach, Kreisler & Chausson; Third St. Music School Settlement, 235 E. 11th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 777-3240; 7:30, free.
Saturday 10/30
NY CITY OPERA Verdi's Falstaff at NY State Theater, 20 Lincoln Center, B'way (64th St.), 870-5570; 1:30, $22-$90 [repeats 10/2 at 7:30].
SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY David Loebel conducts orchestra in Y2K USA family concert; Carnegie Hall, 154 W. 57th St. (7th Ave.), 247-7800; 2, $5.
Sunday 10/31
GREAT PERFORMERS Denamrk's Carl Nielsen Philharmonic performs Nielsen's Symphony No. 4 & Tchaikovsky's Festival Overture, Op. 15; Alice Tully Hall, 1941 B'way (65th St.), 721-6500; 2, $35.
MUSIC BEFORE 1800 Series of vocal & instrumental chamber concerts. Season opens with Musica Pacifica's baroque music from Venice; Corpus Christi Church, 529 W. 121st St. (B'way), 666-9266; 4, $20, 415 st./s.c.
NY CITY OPERA First performance of Mozart's The Abduction From the Seraglio in English; NY State Theater, 20 Lincoln Center, B'way (64th St.), 870-5570; 1:30, $22-$90.
ORGAN RECITALS Sunday afternoon recitals, today's feat. organist is Kenneth J. Corneille from Yonkers; St. Patrick's Cathedral, 5th Ave. (betw. 50th & 51st Sts.), 753-2261; 4:45, free.
SI-YO MUSIC SOCIETY Society honors Karl Ulrich Schnabel's 90th birthday with works by Mozart, Schubert, Dvorak, Debussy & Brahms; Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St. (betw. B'way & Amsterdam Ave.), 501-3330; 3, $18.
Monday 11/1
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTE "Love You Madly" benefit concert & awards gala honors John Lewis, Irene Diamond & Norman Granz. Performers incl. Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin, Milt Grayson & Joya Sherill; Alice Tully Hall, 1941 B'way (65th St.), 721-6500; 7:30, $35-$100.
NOONDAY CONCERTS Weekly chamber music, opera & choral programs. Today's featured artists are flutist Barry Crawford, pianist Maria Antonia Garcia, harpsichordist Leslie Danns & violinist Patricia Ann Neely; Trinity Church, 74 Trinity Pl., Wall St. (B'way), 602-0873; 1, free.
MARGARET LENG TAN Performance of George Crumb's Makrokosmos Vol. I & II, part of Impressions series at Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St. (betw. B'way & Amsterdam Ave.), 501-3330; 8, $18.
Tuesday 11/2
JUILLARD ARTISTS IN CONCERT Cellist Louise Dublin & pianist Charlie Tauber perform works by Piatti, Beethoven, Schumann & Britten; Juilliard School, 155 W. 65th St. (B'way), 799-5000 ext.313; 12:30, free.