St. Louis classical calendar for the week of March 11, 2019

It's a short calendar this week, with concerts by the American Chamber Chorale and Indian sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar joining the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra on the list.

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The American Chamber Chorale and the Salem St.-Louis Chamber Orchestra perform on Saturday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. Singer Brian Owens will be the guest artist. The concert takes place at Salem United Methodist Churh, 1200 S. Lindbergh. For more information: americanchamberchorale.com.

Anthony Marwood

Anthony Marwood conducts the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and plays the violin solo in Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra Friday and Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm, March 15-17. The program also includes Haydn's Symphony No. 44. The concerts take place at Powell Symphony Hall, 718 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information: stlsymphony.org.

The Sheldon Concert Hall presents the Anoushka Shankar on Thursday March 14, at 8 p.m. “Sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar is a singular figure in the Indian classical and progressive world music scenes. She studied exclusively under her father and guru, the late Ravi Shankar, and her dynamic musicality has earned her six Grammy nominations, and taken her to prestigious concert venues around the world, from Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House to London’s Royal Festival Hall and France’s Palais des Beaux-Arts.” The Sheldon is at 3648 Washington in Grand Center. For more information: thesheldon.org.