St. Louis classical calendar for the week of March 4, 2019

Nathalie Stutzmann returns to conduct a major Brahms choral work at Powell Hall this week and the Chamber Project celebrates women composers.

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The Chamber Music Society at
the Sheldon Ballroom

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The Chamber Music Society of St. Louis presents Brilliance on Monday and Tuesday, March 4 and 5, at 7:30 pm. "Robert and Clara Schumann, Mendelssohn and Brahms comprised one of the most extraordinary circles in music history. Enjoy this collective brilliance, featuring violin, horn, piano and the St. Louis Women's HOPE Chorale." The concert takes place at the Sheldon Ballroom, 3648 Washington in Grand Center. For more information: chambermusicstl.org.

The Chamber Project St. Louis presents #TimesUp, featuring works by women composers, on Saturday, March 9, at 7:30 pm at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park. For more information: www.chamberprojectstl.org.

Conductor Nathalie Stutzmann

Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, along with soprano Siobhan Stagg and baritone Stephen Powell, Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm, March 9 and 10. The program consists of Stravinsky's A Funeral Song and Brahms's A German Requiem. The concerts take place at Powell Symphony Hall, 718 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information: stlsymphony.org.

The Touhill Performing Arts Center presents The Arianna String Quartet in Viva Brazil on Friday, March 8, at 8 p.m. "In an evening inspired by their ongoing work in South America, the ASQ will present the world premiere of the winning composition from the 2019 FEMUSC String Quartet Composition Competition (Festival of Music, Santa Catarina, Brazil). The Arianna Quartet also welcomes Brazilian virtuoso bassoonist Benjamin Coelho to St. Louis for a performance of Miguel del Aguila's rhapsodic “Malambo”, and closes out the evening with Claudio Santoro's electrifying Quartet No.3." The Touhill Center is on the campus of the University of Missouri at St. Louis. For more information: touhill.org.

The Arianna String Quartet

Webster University presents The Webster University Wind Ensemble in Music of War and Peace on Monday, March 4, at 7 pm. The concert includes music John Philip Sousa, William Byrd, Gordon Jacob, David Holsinger, Daniel Bukvich, and more. The performance takes place at the Community Music School of Webster University on the Webster University Campus in Webster Groves, MO. For more information: www.webster.edu.

Webster University presents a bassoon recital by faculty member Dr. Eric Ring on Tuesday, March 5, at 7 pm. The concert includes music by Malcolm Arnold, Antonio Vivaldi, Alan Hovhaness, and Francis Poulenc and takes place at the Thompson Building Recital Hall on the Webster University Campus in Webster Groves, MO. For more information: www.webster.edu.