St. Louis classical calendar for the week of September 4, 2017

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Arts and Faith St. Louis presents its Building Bridges, it's Seventh Annual Interfaith Concert, on Sunday, September 10, at 5:30 p.m. The concert "will feature the outstanding young soprano Julia Bullock, the local ensemble The 442s - including two members of the St. Louis Symphony, and youth ensembles from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Mormon, Sikh and Hindu faith communities. Adam Maness, a member of The 442s, has been commissioned to write a new work for Julia Bullock and the faith ensembles. A special video titled “Interfaith Journey for Teens” will also be shown." The performance takes place at the Sheldon Concdert Hall in Grand Center. For more information: www.artsfaithstl.org.

The Chamber Project St. Louis

The Chamber Project St. Louis presents Faith on Friday, September 8, at 7:30 p.m. The concert takes place at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park. "Presented as part of the exhibit “#1 in Civil Rights: The African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis”, FAITH explores the power faith through the lens of music. Acclaimed baritone Robert McNichols Jr. is featured on this program, which includes a world premiere by Adam Maness inspired by the Dred Scott case. The failure of the case to grant Scott's freedom inspired Frederick Douglass to say “[We must] Walk on Faith, not by Sight”. Adam's moving piece, “The Delmar Wall” rounds out the first half of of the program. A classic by Samuel Barber, Dover Beach, questions faith and a contemporary masterpiece by Christopher Rouse explores practicing faith to complete the program." For more information: www.chamberprojectstl.org.

St. Louis Cathedral Concerts presents a free chamber music concert on Tuesday, September 5, at 7 p.m. Performers Kristin Ahlstrom, violin; Bjorn Ranheim, cello; Tzuying Huang, clarinet; and Matthew Mazzoni, piano will perform works by Beethoven, Khachaturian, and Mendelssohn. The performance takes place in the Doerr Chapel on the Fontbonne University campus at 6800 Wydown. For more information: cathedralconcerts.org.

The Arianna String Quartet

The Touhill Performing Arts Center presents The Arianna String Quartet: Zero to 60 on Friday, September 8, at 8 p.m. "The Arianna String Quartet kicks off their 18th concert season in St. Louis with an unforgettable program featuring three of the most high-octane works in the string quartet repertoire. The ASQ opens with Franz Schubert's scintillating single movement masterpiece, Quartettsatz, followed by Leo_ Janá_ek's impassioned Quartet No.2, Intimate Letters. The ASQ closes the evening with Ludwig van Beethoven's second Razumovsky Quartet, Op.59, No.2, a tour de force that promises to shake the timbers of the Touhill!" The Touhill Performing Arts Center in on the University of Missouri at St. Louis campus. For more information: touhill.org.