Friday, Dec 14: Weybridge St James' Church at 7.30pm; Weybridge Male Voice choir, Christmas concert including a new carol composed for the occasion. Tickets £5 at the door

Raynes Park Avenue Hall, Avenue Road at 8pm; West Wimbledon Opera Club, music, food and wine for Christmas. Tickets (non members) £3 at the door

Saturday

Richmond Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond Hill at 7pm; Christmas concert with Richmond Youth Orchestra and Song Folk, Petersham and Ham Sea Scout handbell ringers, Muse and Music. Tickets £8 box office 020 8948 8865.

Kingston All Saints Church, Market Place at 7.30pm; Kingston Choral Society, Thames Sinfonia, conductor Robin Page, Bach Christmas Oratorio. Tickets £11 (concs £8) from Hands Music, Market Place, Kingston or at the door.

Richmond Parish Church, Paradise Road at 7.30pm; Cantanti Camerata, conductor Geoffrey Bowyer, carols for choir, brass and audience. Tickets at the door

Esher Christ Church at 7.30pm; The Ripieno Chori Christmas concert in aid of Barnados. Tickets at the door.

Surbiton St Marks Church, St Marks Hill at 7.30pm; Kingston Orpheus Choir, conductor Susan Higgins, Christmas music and carols. Tickets at the door

Guildford Cathedral at 7.30pm; Gentlemen of the Cathedral Choir, with Stephen Farr (organ) Messiaen La Nativite. Tickets £8, box office 01483 444334 or at the door

Southwark Cathedral at 7.30pm; Thames Philharmonic Choir, conductor John Bate, with Michael Bundy (Baritone) and Peter Wright (organ) Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols, music by Edmund Rubbra, Christmas songs and carols. Tickets £5-£15, box office 020 8998 3529 or at the door.

Surbiton St Andrew's Church, Maple Road at 8pm; Kingston Philharmonia, conductor Levon Parikian, Art-themed concert, Respighi Botticelli Triptych, Martinu Frescoes of Piero della Francesa, Bartok Two Portraits, Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition. Ticket £7 (concs £5) from Hands Music, Market Place, Kingston or at the door.

Oxshott St Andrew's Church, Oakshade Road at 8pm; Oxshott Choral Society, Puccini Messa di Gloria and carols. Ticket £9 at the door.

Sunday

Hampton Lady Eleanor Holles School at 7.30pm; Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra, conductor Adrian Brown, Paul Patterson The City Within, Mozart Violin Concerto No 4 (soloist Rosenna East), Mahler Symphony No 4 (soprano Margaret Sawyer). Tickets £8 (concs £5) box office 020 8224 66734 or at the door.

Monday

Putney Dryburgh Hall, Leisure Centre, Upper Richmond Road at 8pm; Putney Music, film director Tony Palmer discusses and shows extracts from his film Valentina Igoshina Plays Chopin. Tickets (non members) £4 at the door.

Wednesday

Guildford Holy Trinity Church, High Street at 7.30pm; The Tallis Scholars, conductor Peter Phillips, Christmas music by Tallis, Obrecht, Victoria, Parsons and Praetorius. Tickets £20 (including post-concert reception at the Guildhall) £17 (concert only) box office 01483 444555.

Thursday

Kingston Stanley Picker Gallery, University, Knights Park at 7.30pm; Kingston Chamber Singers, conductor Benjamin Costello, Christmas concert, works by Karl Jenkins, William Mathias and John McCabe. Tickets £5 at the door.

Next Saturday (Dec 22)

Kingston All Saints' Church, Market Place at 7.30pm; Opera D'Amiei, Kingston Chamber Orchestra, conductor Andy Meyers, semistaged production of Puccini's La boheme with Susan ClementsLoftus (Mimi), Stuart Rathie (Rodolfo) Hannah Kirk (Musetta) and Giles Chaundry (Marcello). Tickets £12, £10 (concs £8), in aid of the Parish Church Appeal from Hands Music, Market Place, Kingston or at the door.

Wimbledon St Paul's Church, Augustus Road, Southfields at 7.30pm; Wimbledon Choral Society, conductor Michael Ashcroft, with Ian Partridge (tenor), carol concert. Tickets £8 under 16 £5 box office 020 8947 7224 or at the door.

Teddington Landmark Arts Centre, Ferry Road at 7.30pm (also December 23 at 2.30pm); Opera Unlimited Christmas concert by candlelight, extracts from oratorio and opera, songs and carols. Tickets £8 (concs £6) box office 020 8977 7558 or at the door.

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