The St. Louis classical calendar for the week of January 13, 2020

This week brings recitals at Webster University's Community Music School along with two appearances by pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the Metropolitan Opera regional auditions.

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The Community Music School of Webster University presents the CMS String Ensemble and String Orchestra in concert on Sunday, January 19, at 2 pm. The Community Music School is at 535 Garden Avenue on the Webster University campus. For more information: webster.edu/cms.

The Community Music School of Webster University presents the Young People's Symphonic Orchestra in concert on Sunday, January 19, at 6 pm. The Community Music School is at 535 Garden Avenue on the Webster University campus. For more information: webster.edu/cms.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Photo courtesy of the SLSO

Stéphane Denève conducts The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, along with pianist Jean-Yven Thibaudet on Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm, December January 18 and 10. The program consists of Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2, Anna Clyne's This Midnight Hour, and Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier Suite. Performances take place at Powell Symphony Hall in Grand Center. For more information: stlsymphony.org.

The Department of Music at Washington University presents pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and members of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in a program of chamber music by Poulenc and Shostakovich on Friday, January 17, at 7:30 pm. The event takes place in the E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall at the 560 Music Center, 560 Trinity in University City. For more information: music.wustl.edu/events.

The Department of Music at Washington University presents The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, St. Louis District, on Saturday, January 18, from 10 am to approximately 4 pm. "The St. Louis District typically hosts up to 35 singers. Each participating singer is expected to prepare five arias, two of which they will perform at the audition- one of their choosing and one chosen by the judges. Typically there are three District winners who go on to compete in the regional competition with the hope of continuing to the national level in New York." The event takes place in the E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall at the 560 Music Center, 560 Trinity in University City. For more information: music.wustl.edu/events.