Music
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BLUE FRIDAY
The choir at St. Mark’s Church In-the-Bowery sings blues-influenced tunes to accompany a Good Friday service. Friday, noon-3 p.m., St. Mark’s Church In-the-Bowery, Second Avenue at 10th Street, free, donations accepted.
FOLK TALES
Chinese shen player Zhishen Zheng and guzheng player Junling Wang perform a program of musical folktales from Chinese provinces. Friday, 3:30 p.m., Queensboro Hill Library, 60-05 Main St. at 60th Avenue, Flushing, Queens, 718-359-8332, free.
MOZART ON GOOD FRIDAY
The National Chorale performs Mozart’s “Requiem.” Also on the program: Haydn’s “Paukenmesse.” Friday, 8 p.m., Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, Columbus Avenue and 65th Street, 212-875-5030, $27-$97.
GRAND NEW OPRY
The Kings County Opry is a Brooklyn concert of country and bluegrass music. This weekend’s installment features Sawed-Off Shack, Ebony Hillbillies, and the Song Circle, a group of musicians assembled from the Whisky Rebellion, Chelsea String Band, other groups. Friday, 8:30 p.m., Freddy’s, 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-622-7035, free.
SINFUL SONGS
Ute Lemper performs a staged version of Kurt Weill’s “Seven Deadly Sins” in a concert that’s part of the Brooklyn Philharmonic’s 50th anniversary season. The music director of the Pacific Symphony, Carl St. Clair, conducts the orchestra. The program also includes Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin” and a selection of French chansons by Ms. Lemper. Saturday, 8 p.m., BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette St., between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 718-488-5913, $20-$60.
‘CAGED BIRD’ SONGS
Vocalist Capathia Jenkins performs composer Louis Rosen’s 12-song suite based on the work of writer Maya Angelou. Sunday, 7 p.m., Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St. at Astor Place, 212-239-6200, $20 and two-drink minimum.
SWEET KERN
Broadway singers pay tribute to songwriter Jerome Kern at a musical benefit for the New-York Historical Society’s American Musicals Project. The concert features songs written together by Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, including “Old Man River” and “All the Things You Are.” Bert Fink of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization is the emcee. Monday, 7 p.m., New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West at 77th Street, 212-485-9283, $25 and $35.
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