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The 4MBS Music Diary is a list of classical music concerts taking place in & around Brisbane and, sometimes.

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Friday 15 November, 11.00 am, QPAC, South Bank
The Queensland Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Alondra de la Parra) will perform Piano Concerto in A minor by Grieg (with soloist, Paul Lewis) and Symphony No 5 in E minor by Tchaikovsky at the Concert Hall, QPAC, South Bank, on Friday 15 November at 11.00 am. For bookings call 136 246​.

Saturday 16 November, 7.30 pm, QPAC, South Bank
The Queensland Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Alondra de la Parra) will perform Rapdodie espagnol  by Ravel, Piano Concerto in A minor by Grieg (with soloist, Paul Lewis) and Symphony No 5 in E minor by Tchaikovsky at the Concert Hall, QPAC, South Bank, on Saturday 16 November at 7.30 pm. For bookings call 136 246​.

Sunday 17 November, 2.00 pm, Craigslea High School, Chermside West
'Dances & Duets" - with Elodie Geertsema (soprano), Clara O'Loghlin (soprano), Jacqueline Webber (violin), Julia Hills (violin) and Orchestra Concertino (conducted by Michael O'Loghlin) - will include Réjouissance & Louré from Overture-Suite in B flat, TWV 55:B7 by Telemann, Abendsegen ('Evening Prayer') from Hansel & Gretel by Humperdinck, Capricho Catalan from España by Albéniz, an excerpt from Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 by Bach, Valse triste from Kuolema by Sibelius, an excerpt from Der Rosenkavalier by R Strauss ... and other works ... at the Craigslea High School Auditorium, 685 Hamilton Road, Chermside West, on Sunday 17 November at 2.00 pm. $20 and concessions. For details call 0401 326 952​.

Sunday 17 November, 2.15/3.00 pm, Brisbane City Hall
Conducted by Graham Abbott, the Canticum Chamber Choir, the Brisbane Chorale and Camerata will perform Israel in Egypt by Handel in the main auditorium, Brisbane City Hall, King George Square, Brisbane, on Sunday 17 November at 3.00 pm with a pre-concert talk by the conductor at 2.15 pm. $55 and concessions in the balcony and $50 and concessions downstairs in the stalls. For bookings call 4MBS Ticketing on 3847 1717 nine to five seven days a week or . . . book & pay online

Sunday 24 November, 4.00 pm, John Paul College, Daisy Hill
A fund-raising concert - with the Tagiev Chamber Orchestra (directed by Emin Tagiev) - will include Divertimento in F, K 137 by Mozart, Concerto for 4 Violins in B minor, RV 580 by Vivaldi, Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 by Bach and works by ​Bartók - and others - at the Stephen Bean Theatre, John Paul College, John Paul Drive, Daisy Hill, on Sunday 24 November at 4.00 pm. $10. For details call 0402 342 291​.

Friday 29 November, 7.30 pm, Queensland Conservatorium, South Bank
The Lisa Gasteen National Opera School will present a performance of The Merry Wives of Windsor​ by Nicolai - with Morgan England Jones (soprano), Michelle Ryan (soprano), Anastasia Bickel (mezzo), Lyndon Green (tenor), Matthew Reardon (tenor), Benjamin Caukwell (baritone), Sam Hartley (baritone), Joshua Salter (baritone), Joel Amosa (bass) and the Ensemble Q Orchestra (conducted by Ward Stare) - at the Queensland Copnservatorium Theatre, Griffith University, South Bank, on Friday 29 November at 7.30 pm. For bookings call 136 246​.

Saturday 30 November, 7.30 pm, St John's Cathedral, Brisbane City
The Bach Society Choir - with Julie Sibley (soprano), Louise Dorsman (mezzo), Bernard Wheaton (tenor), Leon Warnock (bass) and an orchestra (conducted by David Webster) - will perform Messiah by Handel (1741 autograph version) at St John's Cathedral, 373 Ann Street, Brisbane City, on Saturday 30 November at 7.30 pm. $40 and concessions. For details call 0438 971 951.

Sunday 1 December, 2.45 pm, Brisbane City Hall
Conducted by Kevin Power, 'Brisbane Sings Messiah' - with Eleanor Greenwood (soprano), Sarah Winn (mezzo), Phillip Costovski (tenor), Sam Hartley (bass), the Queensland Choir and the Sinfonia of Saint Andrew’s - will feature a performance of Messiah by Handel at the Brisbane City Hall, King George Square, on Sunday 1 December at 2.45 pm. $60 and concessions in the balcony and $55 or $50 and concessions downstairs in the stalls. For bookings call 4MBS Ticketing on 3847 1717 nine to five seven days a week or . . . book & pay online

Saturday 7 December, 2.30 pm, Richens Street, Redcliffe
Conducted by Kylie Moore, 'A Bach Christmas' - with Meg Kiddle (soprano), Naomi Flotman (contralto), Mattias Lower (tenor), Shelden Mathieson (baritone), the Redcliffe Choir and an orchestra led by Spiros Rantos - will include the Christmas cantata Christen, ätzet diesen Tag (Christians, engrave this day), BWV 63 by Bach, Jesu, joy of man's desiring from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 by Bach, an excerpt from English Suite No 2 in A minor, BWV 807 by Bach ... and other works ... at the church at 1 Richens Street, Redcliffe, on Saturday 7 December at 2.30 pm. $20. For details call 3886 6132.