St. Louis classical calendar for the week of April 6, 2015

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Eliot Unitarian Chapel presents a Friends of Music concert on Sunday, April 12, at 3 PM. The program features music for violin, clarinet, bassoon, cello, and piano by Max Reger, Francis Poulenc, and Dimitri Shostakovich. Eliot Unitarian Chapel is at 100 South Argonne in Kirkwood. For more information: fomcstl.org.

The St. Louis Brass Band

The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts presents the St. Louis Brass Band on Sunday, April 12, at 5 p.m. The concert takes place in the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts on the college campus in Lebanon, IL. For more information: thehett.com.

The St. Louis Chamber Chorus presents Concert Five: Kodaly and Vaughan Williams on Sunday, April 12, at 3 p.m. The concert takes place at St. Mary of Victories Catholic Church, 744 South 3rd Street, downtown. For more information: www.chamberchorus.org.

David Robertson conducts the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra with violinist Rebecca Boyer Hall and cellist Bjorn Ranheim in a program of Classical Favorites on Sunday, April 12, at 2 p.m. "Hear the orchestra explore themes of music and drama with selections from Grieg's Peer Gynt and Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, famously featured in Disney's Fantasia! Don't miss the special opportunity to hear the STL Symphony live at Lindenwood!" The concerts take place at in the J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts on the Lindenwood University campus in St. Charles. For more information: stlsymphony.org.

Beth Guterman Chu

Hannu Lintu conducts the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra with violinist Jonathan Chu and violist Beth Guterman Chu on Friday at 10:30 a.m. and Saturday at 8 p.m., April 10 and 11. The program features Mozart's Sinfonia concertante, K. 364 and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 8. The concerts take place at Powell Symphony Hall, 718 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information: stlsymphony.org.

The Sheldon Concert Hall presents Sheldon Classics: Central and South America on Wednesday, April 8, at 8 PM. “Symphony concertmaster David Halen and guitarist Kirk Hanser lead the way in a colorful program from Central and South America. Featured will be music by Mexican composers Carlos Chavez and Silvestre Revueltas, Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, Argentinian composer Albert Ginastera and tangos by Astor Piazzolla.” The Sheldon is at 3648 Washington in Grand Center. For more information: thesheldon.org.

The Tavern of Fine Arts presents Kristi Benedick, flute and Diana Umali, piano on Friday, April 10, at 8 p.m. The Tavern of Fine Arts is at 313 Belt in the Debaliviere Place neighborhood. For more information: tavern-of-fine-arts.blogspot.com.