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Want to see some live music tonight? Here are your best options, curated by the Willamette Week music staff.

MONDAY, NOV. 23

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27

[CLASSICAL] No one knows if Mozart ever performed his final piano concerto live. In fact, there's not even agreement on whether he wrote it in 1788 or 1791, the year of his death. But being such a late piece in his career, it is both expansive and experimental for its time—three movements which unusually employ multiple cadenzas. Guest conductor Stanislaw Skrowaczewski is, at 91, the oldest working major conductor in the world. Tonight, he will lead the symphony with a dark and dramatic mid-20th century orchestral concerto by Lutoslawski. This bombastic, percussion-heavy work will more than offset the traditional and baroque Brahms bit at night's end. NATHAN CARSON. Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway. 8 pm. $29-$105. All ages.

Minus the Bear, Murder by Death

[MATH-POP] Jake Snider, founder and frontman for Minus the Bear, doesn't really stand out as a vocalist. His dry delivery lacks luster and complexity when compared to his bandmates' instrumental aptitude and tight noodling. That didn't matter when Menos El Oso—which the group is revisiting in full here—first hit shelves in 2005. The Seattle band's second LP is brimming with excellent power-pop choruses and math-rock moments, making use of some of the most spastic percussion and melodies around. The quick shift toward a more mature sound (and shorter song titles) still holds up today. BRANDON WIDDER. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St. 8 pm. $30. All ages.

TUESDAY, NOV. 24

Sloan Martin

[INDIE DANCE] As the primary singer-songwriter behind Beach Fire, Portlander Sloan Martin blends elements of classic rock, experimentalism, psychedelia and piano pop. With a singing voice falling somewhere between Sting and Michael McDonald, Martin will have you shimmying (albeit carefully) in your seat, wine in hand. HILARY SAUNDERS. Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St. 7 pm. Free. 21+.

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