Steve Reich will be the special guest of the Amadinda Percussion Group in a concert celebrating the Hungarian ensemble's 25th anniversary, at Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest's Palace of Arts this Sunday. It will be an all-Reich program, featuring the world premiere of the new Mallet Quartet, as well as Daniel Variations and the seminal Music for 18 Musicians. Amadinda's Zoltan Racz described that last piece to the Hungarian News Agency as "a miracle itself, the way the whole piece is alive breathing can only be compared to the greatest  miracles of nature. A masterpiece with incomparable depths." The composer arrived in Budapest last night to help the performers prepare for the event.

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As reported earlier this week in the Nonesuch Journal, West Coast, Left Coast, the Los Angeles Philharmonic's John Adams–curated festival celebrating the music of California, is in full swing, with Adams and Kronos Quartet already having shared the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage twice this week. They do so again tonight for an encore performance with the Philharmonic of last night's program, which featured the world premiere of It Got Dark, a new piece by Thomas Newman.

Adams will be on stage every day this weekend, following tonight's concert with concerts Saturday and Sunday in which he leads the LA Phil and violinist Leila Josefowicz in his piece The Dharma at Big Sur. Also on the program are Leonard Rosenman's Suite from Rebel Without a Cause and works by Kraft and Dresher.
 
In a distinctly different West Cost, Left Coast event on Sunday, Brian Wilson will perform his quintessentially California songs on the Disney stage. Also on the bill are roots-rocker Dave Alvin, The Living Sisters, and singer-songwriter Harper Simon.

The festival concludes on Tuesday, when Joshua Redman joins a number of performers for A Night of the Beats, celebrating the poetry of the Beats and bebop jazz.

For more on these and all the festival events, visit laphil.com.
 
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Christina Courtin joins Ryan Scott, a co-producer of and performer on her self-titled Nonesuch debut album, at Brooklyn's BAMcafé tonight, as part of the venue's BAMcafé Live series of free Friday night shows. She'll be performing her own set at Pete's Candy Store, also in Brooklyn, in a late set tomorrow night at 11 PM.

The Bay Area Reporter's Jason Victor Serinus recently described Christina's self-titled Nonesuch debut as "striking," saying it "introduces an enigmatic, deep-thinking artist who first disarms you, then ropes you in." He goes on to say that, on the album, "it's the voice, and Courtin's deceptively simple, amazingly deep songwriting that command attention. ... You will not forget this album." Read the complete review at ebar.com.
 
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Richard Goode joins The Cleveland Orchestra and conductor Iván Fischer tonight and tomorrow night at Cleveland's Severence Hall for performances featuring Beethove's Piano Concerto No. 3. It's a reunion of sorts for the pianist and conductor, as the concerto was one of the complete Beethoven set peformed by Goode, Fischer, and the Budapest Festival Orchestra on a Nonesuch recording released earlier this year described as a "landmark recording of the Beethoven concertos" by the Financial Times.
 
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As reported earlier today in the Nonesuch Journal, The Low Anthem concludes a four-day stint with Josh Ritter at the University of Vermont's Davis Center Grand Maple Ballroom in Burlington tonight.

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Last night's National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, which featured a duo performance from Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau, will be available online at thenationaltree.org and will broadcast on PBS stations across the country tonight. The event was held at the Ellipse in front of the White House lawn and featured performances by Sheryl Crow, Jordan Sparks, and Ray LaMontagne, and a speech by President Barack Obama. Visit pbs.org for local listings.

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As reported earlier today in the Nonesuch Journal, Punch Brothers perform twice at New York's Town Hall, tonight and tomorrow afternoon, for live performances of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. Saturday's show will be broadcast live to NPR stations across the country.
 
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Sara Watkins joins Tom Brosseau for a KCRW-sponsored show at Largo at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles Saturday night.