St. Louis classical calendar for the week of October 29, 2018

The Metropolitan Orchestra at
Union Avenue Christian Church

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The Metropolitan Orchestra performs on Sunday, November 4, at 7 p.m. The program includes Haydn's Symphony No. 12, Rheinberger's Concerto in G minor with guest organist Bill Stein, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. The concert takes place at First Presbyterian Church, 100 E. Adams in Kirkwood. For more information: metro-orch.org.

St. Louis Cathedral Concerts presents a concert by organist Dr. Jennifer Pascual on Sunday, November 4, at 2:30 pm. The performance takes place at The Cathedral Basilica on Lindell in the Central West End. For more information: cathedralconcerts.org.

The Saint Louis University Fine and Performing Arts Department Music Faculty will present their annual recital on Monday, October 29 at 7:30 pm. Performers include Laura Franklin on marimba, Rob Hughes on flute, pianists Wen Shen and Kirsten Santos Rutchman and vocalists Stephanie Tennill and Nathan Ruggles. The recital is free and open to the public and takes place in the College Church on the St. Louis University campus in Grand Center. For more information: slu.edu/arts.

Conductor Gemma New

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra presents a screening of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas with the score performed live by the orchestra, conducted by Gemma New, Friday and Saturday at 7 pm and Sunday at 2 pm, November 2 - 4. "What's this, what's this?! It's the wildly inventive world of Tim Burton's macabre classic The Nightmare Before Christmas playing on the big screen at Powell Hall. Danny Elfman's rambunctious, colorful score comes to life as the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performs the delightfully eccentric score live." Performances take place at Powell Hall in Grand Center. For more information: stlsymphony.org.

The Touhill Performing Arts Center presents The Arianna String Quartet in Visionaries on Friday, November 2, at 8 p.m. The program consists of Franz Schubert's Quartet in D minor, D.810, “Death and the Maiden,” and Ludwig van Beethove' s Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op.131. The Touhill Center is on the campus of the University of Missouri at St. Louis. For more information: touhill.org.