St. Louis classical calendar for the week of September 18, 2017

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St. Louis Cathedral Concerts presents a free chamber music concert on Friday, September 22, at 7:30 p.m. Performers Kristin Ahlstrom, violin; Bjorn Ranheim, cello; Tzuying Huang, clarinet; and Matthew Mazzoni, piano will perform works by Beethoven, Khachaturian, and Mendelssohn. The performance takes place at St. Claire of Assisi, 1411 Cross Drive in O'Fallon, MO. For more information: cathedralconcerts.org.

Emanuel Ax
Photo: Lisa Marie Mazzucco

David Robertson conducts The St. Louis Sympony Orchestra, with pianist Emanuel Ax, in an all-Mozart program Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m., September 23 and 24. " Acclaimed by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his “commanding playing and evident pleasure in his music-making,” pianist Emanuel Ax joins the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performing Mozart's charming Piano Concertos Nos. 19 and 27. Plus, Music Director David Robertson leads the orchestra in The Marriage of Figaro Overture and Mozart's final symphony, the “Jupiter,” an exuberant work considered his greatest symphonic achievement." Performances take place at Powell Hall in Grand Cener. For more information: stlsymphony.org.

The Sheldon Concert Hall presents the violin duo Black Violin on Sunday, September 24, at 7:30 p.m. "Black Violin, made up of Wil Baptiste and Kevin “Kev Marcus” Sylvester, blends classical, hip-hop, rock, R&B and bluegrass music in this groundbreaking collaboration. Their inventive music has seen them perform for everyone from the troops in Iraq to President Barack Obama at his Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C., and with the likes of P. Diddy, Tom Petty, Aretha Franklin and The Eagles." The Sheldon Concert Hall is on Washington in Grand Center. For more information: sheldonconcerthall.org.

Wednesday at 7 p.m., The World Chess Hall of Fame presents members of the St. Louis Symphony in an evening of contemporary music, including John Cage's Chess Pieces and Vittorio Rieti's Chess Serenade. The World Chess Hall of Fame in on Maryland in the Central West End. For more information: worldchesshof.org.