St. Louis classical calendar for the week of April 3, 2017

The Chamber Project St. Louis

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The Chamber Project St. Louis presents Popular on Friday, April 7, at 7 PM. The concert features Beethoven's Septet in Eb major Op. 20, Dead Elvis by Michael Daugherty, and a new work by Stephanie Berg. The concert takes place at the Schlafly Tap Room, 2100 Locust. For more information: www.chamberprojectstl.org.

The Chamber Project St. Louis presents Popular on Sunday, April 9, at 8 PM. The concert features Beethoven's Septet in Eb major Op. 20, Dead Elvis by Michael Daugherty, and a new work by Stephanie Berg. The concert takes place at at The Chapel Venue, 6238 Alexander Drive. For more information: www.chamberprojectstl.org.

Eliot Unitarian Chapel presents a Friends of Music concert by The Kurtzman Family on Sunday, April 9, at 3 PM. Kathi Kurtzman (piano), Jeffrey Kurtzman (piano), Kenny Kurtzman (piano), Julie Kurtzman (violin), Camille Reno (baritone) and Anaïs Reno (alto) will be performing the Mozart Fantasy in D minor, movements from the J.S. Bach Violin Sonata #4, the Brahms Violin Sonata #1, and the Ravel Violin Sonata, as well as the Chopin Ballade #1, arias from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro and Verdi's La Traviata, and songs by George Gershwin, Harold Arlen and others. The concert takes place at Eliot Unitarian Chapel is at 100 South Argonne in Kirkwood. For more information: fomcstl.org.

The St. Louis Chamber Chorus

The St. Louis Chamber Chorus presents Concert Five: Repentance and Regret on Sunday, April 9, at 3 p.m. "The emotionally charged season of Lent inspires motets by Francis Poulenc, Anton Bruckner, and Vaughan Williams. The despair of Rudolf Mauersberger's lament for his bombed home of Dresden is mitigated with several triumphal hymns for Palm Sunday by Palestrina and Randall Thompson." The concert takes place at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 3519 North 14th Street. For more information: www.chamberchorus.org.

David Robertson conducts the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and pianist Kirill Gerstein in Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in F, along with Milhaud's La Création du Monde ballet and three dances episodes from Bernstein's ballet Fancy Free. Performances are Friday at 10:30 a.m. and 8 p.m., Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m., April 7-9, at Powell Symphony Hall, 718 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information: stlsymphony.org.

The Sheldon Concert Hall presents St. Louis Symphony concertmaster David Halen and members of the St. Louis Symphony performing beloved serenades, including Brahms' Serenade in D Major for winds and strings, on Wednesay, April 5, at 8 PM. The Sheldon is at 3648 Washington in Grand Center. For more information: thesheldon.org.