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The 4MBS Music Diary is a list of classical music concerts taking place around Brisbane, produced by our supporters.
See the list below for what's on around town, or click the button above if you'd like to submit a classical music event of your own.

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Friday 22 March, 12.30 pm, St Andrew's Church, Brisbane City
​In the March Con Spirito Lunchtime Concert pianist, Samuel Choi, will perform an excerpt from Piano Sonata No 3 in B flat, K 281 by Mozart, Dance of the Gnomes from Two Concert Études by Liszt, Scherzo No 2 in B flat, Op 31 by Chopin and The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky (arr Pletnev) at St Andrew's Church, cnr Creek & Ann Streets, Brisbane City, on Friday 22 March at 12.30 pm. Gold coin donation. For details call 0414 505 754​.
Saturday 30 March, 4.00 pm, Ormiston House, Ormiston
'Opera by the Bay' - with Rosemarie Arthars (soprano), Sarah Crane (soprano), Milijana Nikolic (mezzo), Rosario La Spina (tenor), Shaun Brown (baritone), Andrew Collis (bass baritone), UQ Singers, the Black Square String Quartet & John Woods (piano) - will include Porgi, amor from ​The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, 'Song to the Moon' from Rusalka by Dvořák, Suoni la tromba from I puritani by Bellini, Intermezzo from Cavallleria rusticana by Mascagni, Nessun dorma from Turandot by Puccini, Va, pensiero from Nabucco by Verdi, Brindisi from La traviata by Verdi and other works by Massenet, Lehár, Strauss, Puccini, Offenbach, Bizet & Donizetti at Ormiston House, 277 Wellington Street, Ormiston, on Saturday 30 March at 4.00 pm. $50. For bookings call 0407 034 978​.
Sunday 31 March, 2.00 pm, Wynnum Municipal Hall
'Baroque Music at Wynnum', presented by the Brisbane Baroque Players - Yvette McKinnon (baroque violin), Allison Stenning (baroque violin), Alex Averi (baroque cello/bass viol), Joseph Meyers (baroque lute), Sandy Chou (baroque flute), Shaun Wigley (baroque bassoon) & Catherine Grant (harpsichord) - will include Suite in F, P 370a by Pachelbel, Lute Concerto in D, RV 93 by Vivaldi, Trio Sonata in C by Quantz, Troisième Balet from Quatre Balets de village en trio, Op 52 by Boismortier and works by Galliard, Dornel & Marais at the Wynnum Municipal Hall, 219 Bay Terrace (cnr Cedar Street), Wynnum, on Sunday 31 March at 2.00 pm. $15 and concessions. For bookings call 3348 2396.
Sunday 31 March, 2.30 pm, St Andrew's Church, South Brisbane
'Magnificent Baroque', presented by the Orchestra Corda Spiritus (conducted by Chen Yang) - with Juanita Simmonds (harpsichord) & Catherine Stirling (harpsichord) - will include Orchestral Suite No 3 in D, BWV 1068 by Bach, Concerto in C minor for Two Harpsichords, BWV 1060​ by Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G, BWV 1048 by Bach, Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op 3, No 11 by Vivaldi and Concerto in C minor for Two Harpsichords, BWV 1062 by Bach at St Andrew's Church, 160 Vulture Street (cnr Ernest Street), South Brisbane, on Sunday 31 March at 2.30 pm. $25 and concessions. For details call 0401 903 754.
Sunday 31 March, 2.30 pm, Indooroopilly High School
'Postcard from Paris', presented by the Indooroopilly Chamber Orchestra - with Josephine Lagerlow (flute) - will include Flute Concertino in D by Chaminade, Syrinx by Debussy, Intermezzo & Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman by Offenbach, Symphony No 31 in D (Paris) by Mozart and arrangements of ballet music by Rameau & Gluck at the Peter Doherty Theatre, Indooroopilly High School, 111 Ward Street, Indooroopilly, on Sunday 31 March at 2.30 pm. $25 and concessions. For details call 0409 320 619.
Sunday 31 March, 2.30 pm, Civic Centre, Ipswich
Directed by David Webster, the 'Cambrian Choral Showcase' - with the Blackstone-Ipswich Cambrian Choir, the Cambrian Show Choir, the Cambrian Youth Choir, the Junior Cambrian Choir & Coro Concorde - will include a cappella performances of How lovely are the messengers from St Paul by Mendelssohn, Lift thine eyes from Elijah by Mendelssohn, My soul, there is a country from Songs of Farewell by Parry, an arrangement of Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor by Borodin (with pianists, Bronwyn French & Katrina May) ... and lighter works ... at the Ipswich Civic Centre, cnr Limestone & Nicholas Streets, Ipswich, on Sunday 31 March at 2.30 pm. $25 and concessions. For details call 0420 886 394.
Sunday 31 March, 3.00 pm, Queensland Conservatorium, South Bank
'Fantastic Dances' - with Ensemble Q - will include Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor by Brahms, Empty Houses by Lundie Jenkins and ​Symphonic Dances by Rachmaninov (arr Farrington) at the Queensland Conservatorium Theatre, Griffith University, South Bank, on Sunday 31 March at 3.00 pm. $45 and concessions (plus fees). For bookings call 136 246.
Sunday 31 March, 3.30 pm, 4MBS Performance Studio, Coorparoo
'Homeward Bound', presented by Mandolins in Brisbane (conducted by Joel Woods) - with Allan Hall (cello) - will include arrangements of works by Vivaldi, Strauss and others at the 4MBS Performance Studio, 384 Old Cleveland Road, Coorparoo, on Sunday 31 March at 3.30 pm. $20 and concessions. For details call 0415 398 717.
Sunday 7 April, 2.00 pm, Old Government House, Brisbane City - FREE
The Brisbane Baroque Players - Yvette McKinnon (baroque violin), Allison Stenning (baroque violin), Alex Averi (baroque cello), Sandy Chou (baroque flute), Shaun Wigley (baroque bassoon), Joseph Meyers (baroque lute) & Catherine Grant (harpsichord) - will perform Suite in F, P 370a by Pachelbel, Lute Concerto in D, RV 93 by Vivaldi, Trio Sonata in C by Quantz, excerpts from Sonata No 5 in D minor by Galliard and excerpts from Sonate en Quatuor from Livre de Simphonies by Dornel at Old Government House, 2 George Street, Brisbane City, on Sunday 7 April at 2.00 pm. Admission is free. For details call 0418 153 474.
Sunday 7 April, 2.00 pm, St Peters College, Indooroopilly
The Queensland Medical Orchestra (conducted by Ryan Williams with guest conductor, Nigel Gaynor) will perform the overture from The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, Emperor Waltz by Strauss, Hungarian Dance No 5 in F sharp minor by Brahms, Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre by Wagner, Radetzky March by Strauss Snr, an excerpt from Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G, BWV 1048​ by Bach, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 by Bach, an excerpt from Symphony No 9 in D minor by Beethoven and excerpts from Carmina Burana by Orff at the Performing Arts Centre, St Peters College, 66 Harts Road, Indooroopilly, on Sunday 7 April at 2.00 pm. $35 and concessions. For details call 3353 6165​.