Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra presents “Brahms, Beethoven & Baltimore?,” 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21, First Presbyterian Church, 3231 W. Tilghman St. (Cedar Crest Boulevard and Tilghman Street), Allentown.

Guest artist Jonathan Carney will perform as violin soloist and guest conductor.

Carney has been concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra since 2002. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, as are his parents and three siblings. In 1991, Vladimir Ashkenazy invited him to become concertmaster of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, where he remained for 12 seasons.

With the chamber orchestra, Carney performs the Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 by Johannes Brahms. The piece was composed during a period in Brahms’ life characterized by a particularly lyrical strain. A Hungarian gypsy tune makes an appearance in the third movement and is transformed into an exhilarating march near the end.

The program also includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92, generally regarded as one of his greatest symphonies as well one of the most popular. The piece exudes rhythmic variety and vitality from a ceremonial procession to a light-hearted vivace, to a scherzo, to the finale, which is an unabashed expression of delirious joy.

Tickets: at the door, PASinfonia.org, 610-434-7811. “Economy Tickets” must be ordered by phone by Nov. 20.