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Yesterday afternoon I went to "Tchaikovsky Favourites". The orchestra was formed by students studying at the University of Queensland School of Music. On the program:
   Serenade for String Orchestra (1st movement)
   Piano Concerto 1 - Pamela Page - who has been around for a bit was the soloist. I seem to recall her name from AMEB??
   4 bits of Nutcracker - marche, danse des mirlitons, danse russe (trepak), valse des fleurs
   Melodie for Violin and orchestra (number 3)
   Capriccio Italien. Always good fun.

A good few hours of music. I'm going to try and get a recording of the piano concerto - I really enjoyed it (but there may have been a hiccup in yesterdays go at it?). It was held in the Concert Hall at QPAC (otherwise known as the Queensland Performing Arts Centre), which is in South Bank. The hall sounded good; there is a beast of a pipe organ there, so I wouldn't mind going to a performance when it is used.

Apart from the parking and coffee after; the concert turned out to be a freebie for me - as a family friend / colleague of dad was "on the inside" with one of the sponsors of the afternoon. Sweet (but would have gone regardless).