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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra:  Flexible Sky
DESCRIPTION:MCO + Slava Grigoryan.\nGuitar virtuoso Slava Grigoryan takes centre stage in a dazzling season opener that celebrates innovation and reinvention. In true MCO fashion\, the concert begins with a world premiere by Joe Chindamo\, a composer celebrated for his cross-genre fluency and lyrical voice. \nGrigoryan’s artistry shines in Vivaldi’s D Concerto\, a Baroque gem sparkling with charm and vitality. MCO then offers a new perspective on a timeless classic – Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata\, reimagined for strings. Rich orchestral textures bring fresh depth to an iconic work. With their folkloric flair\, Bartók’s Romanian Dances segue perfectly into a world premiere arrangement of Flexible Sky by Wolfgang Muthspiel – a work that feels both intimate and vast. \nThe concert finishes with Matthew Hindson’s Song and Dance\, bringing the program to a rhythmic and emotional close. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nArtists: Sophie Rowell Artistic Director ; Slava Grigoryan Classical Guitar\nMelbourne Chamber Orchestra \nJoe Chindamo OAM  New work* \nAntonio Vivaldi  Guitar Concerto in D RV93 \nLudwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor Op.27 No.2 Moonlight\n(arr. string orchestra by Jakub Kowalewski) \nBéla Bartók Romanian Folk Dances Sz56 \nWolfgang Muthspiel  Flexible Sky Redux (new arrangement*) \nMatthew Hindson Song and Dance \n* MCO premiere commission \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday 26 February 2026 – 7:30pm\nSunday 01 March 2026 – 2:30pm \n\n\nDuration: 1 hour 40 mins (incl. interval). Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nMRC Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nTICKETS: Standard Premium $150; A Reserve $130; B Reserve $100; C Reserve $75 \nConcession / Senior  Premium $135; A Reserve $110; B Reserve $80; C Reserve $55 \nFull Time Student / Child  Premium – C Reserve $30; Under 40 B – C Reserve $40 \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nSeason Tickets: Season tickets are on sale now via the MCO website.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-flexible-sky/2026-03-01/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Southbank\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra:  Flexible Sky
DESCRIPTION:MCO + Slava Grigoryan.\nGuitar virtuoso Slava Grigoryan takes centre stage in a dazzling season opener that celebrates innovation and reinvention. In true MCO fashion\, the concert begins with a world premiere by Joe Chindamo\, a composer celebrated for his cross-genre fluency and lyrical voice. \nGrigoryan’s artistry shines in Vivaldi’s D Concerto\, a Baroque gem sparkling with charm and vitality. MCO then offers a new perspective on a timeless classic – Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata\, reimagined for strings. Rich orchestral textures bring fresh depth to an iconic work. With their folkloric flair\, Bartók’s Romanian Dances segue perfectly into a world premiere arrangement of Flexible Sky by Wolfgang Muthspiel – a work that feels both intimate and vast. \nThe concert finishes with Matthew Hindson’s Song and Dance\, bringing the program to a rhythmic and emotional close. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nArtists: Sophie Rowell Artistic Director ; Slava Grigoryan Classical Guitar\nMelbourne Chamber Orchestra \nJoe Chindamo OAM  New work* \nAntonio Vivaldi  Guitar Concerto in D RV93 \nLudwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor Op.27 No.2 Moonlight\n(arr. string orchestra by Jakub Kowalewski) \nBéla Bartók Romanian Folk Dances Sz56 \nWolfgang Muthspiel  Flexible Sky Redux (new arrangement*) \nMatthew Hindson Song and Dance \n* MCO premiere commission \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday 26 February 2026 – 7:30pm\nSunday 01 March 2026 – 2:30pm \n\n\nDuration: 1 hour 40 mins (incl. interval). Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nMRC Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nTICKETS: Standard Premium $150; A Reserve $130; B Reserve $100; C Reserve $75 \nConcession / Senior  Premium $135; A Reserve $110; B Reserve $80; C Reserve $55 \nFull Time Student / Child  Premium – C Reserve $30; Under 40 B – C Reserve $40 \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nSeason Tickets: Season tickets are on sale now via the MCO website.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-flexible-sky/2026-02-26/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Southbank\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Nightingale
DESCRIPTION:Baroque and modern treasures in an explosion of colour and energy.\nHarpsichordist Donald Nicolson brings an infectious enthusiasm and a sparkling musicality to everything he does. This program sees him take centre stage\, both as guest director from the keyboard and as the soloist in Bach’s stunning first harpsichord concerto. \nThis is a wonderful opportunity to experience a range of MCO players and instruments up close. Our own Emma Sullivan features in one of the most famous double bass sonatas from the Baroque period\, and the violin section comes to the fore in Corelli’s dynamic Concerto Grosso. \nThe more modern works featured here include a hidden gem written by Colin Brumby and a new commission from exciting Melbourne composer\, Melody Eötvös. \nPost-Concert Wine Tasting\nJoin MCO for a wine-tasting in the ground floor foyer following the concerts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday 20 November 2025 – 7:30pm\nSunday 23 November 2025 – 2:30pm \nDuration: 1 hour 45 mins (incl. interval). Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nMRC \nTICKETS: Premium $144 ($129 Concession); A reserve $124 ($109 Concession); B reserve $98 ($78 Concession)\nC reserve $72 ($52 Concession) \nSenior Premium $129; A reserve $109; B reserve $78; C reserve $52 \n\n\n\n\n\nUnder 40 B & C reserve $40; Student/Child $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-nightingale/2025-11-22/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Nightingale
DESCRIPTION:Baroque and modern treasures in an explosion of colour and energy.\nHarpsichordist Donald Nicolson brings an infectious enthusiasm and a sparkling musicality to everything he does. This program sees him take centre stage\, both as guest director from the keyboard and as the soloist in Bach’s stunning first harpsichord concerto. \nThis is a wonderful opportunity to experience a range of MCO players and instruments up close. Our own Emma Sullivan features in one of the most famous double bass sonatas from the Baroque period\, and the violin section comes to the fore in Corelli’s dynamic Concerto Grosso. \nThe more modern works featured here include a hidden gem written by Colin Brumby and a new commission from exciting Melbourne composer\, Melody Eötvös. \nPost-Concert Wine Tasting\nJoin MCO for a wine-tasting in the ground floor foyer following the concerts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday 20 November 2025 – 7:30pm\nSunday 23 November 2025 – 2:30pm \nDuration: 1 hour 45 mins (incl. interval). Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nMRC \nTICKETS: Premium $144 ($129 Concession); A reserve $124 ($109 Concession); B reserve $98 ($78 Concession)\nC reserve $72 ($52 Concession) \nSenior Premium $129; A reserve $109; B reserve $78; C reserve $52 \n\n\n\n\n\nUnder 40 B & C reserve $40; Student/Child $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-nightingale/2025-11-20/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Carnival
DESCRIPTION:The energy and exhilaration of eight distinctive voices \nWriting when he was a mere 16 years old\, Mendelssohn noted that his newly composed Octet “must be played by all the instruments in symphonic orchestral style.” It beggars belief that someone so young could have written one of the grandest chamber music works. The Octet is epic in proportion\, youthful in its excitement and simply breathtaking when it reaches its exhilarating conclusion. \nSpurred on by this\, and by Mendelssohn’s own inspiration from Goethe’s Faust\, Adelaide-born composer Jakub Jankowski’s Octet is grand in scale and dramatic in performance – the players at times becoming the characters of Faust and Mephistopheles – before the piece\, like Mendelssohn’s\, comes to an exultant conclusion.\nIn between\, Jennifer Higdon’s Quiet Art acts as a palate cleanser – a moment of calm that the world sorely needs at this time. \nThis is a concert that will lift the roof off the venue and the spirits of all those in it. \nFriday 17 October 2025 7:30pm \n75 Reid St\, Fitzroy North \nLocation\nTICKETS: $60; Concession/Senior $55; Child $25 – General Admission
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-carnival/
LOCATION:75 Reid St\, North Fitzroy\, 3134\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra:  Musette
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the cello and one of its great players.\nWe’re delighted to welcome back cellist Li-Wei Qin for Haydn’s beautiful Concerto in C and a fabulous French bonbon by Françaix. A world-renowned soloist\, Li-Wei’s playing is distinguished by his glorious tone and commanding technique. \nWritten for MCO Artistic Director Sophie Rowell\, the first piece on the program reworks very familiar themes from the notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach\, who was the copyist of her husband’s Cello Suites. \nA cellist himself\, Boccherini’s dramatic Symphony\, ‘The Devil’s House’\, is the perfect way to finish this concert that is truly all about the cello. \nElena Kats-Chernin From Anna Magdalena’s Notebook \nJoseph Haydn Cello Concerto No.1 in C \nJean Françaix Variations de concert \nLuigi Boccherini Symphony No.4 in D minor ‘La Casa del Diavolo’ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday 21 August 2025 – 7:30pm\nSunday 24 August 2025 – 2:30pm \n\n\nDuration: 2 hours (incl. interval). Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\nMRC Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \n\n\n\n\n\nStandard & Concession Premium $144 ($129 Concession); A reserve $124 ($109 Concession); B reserve $98 ($78 Concession)\nC reserve $72 ($52 Concession) \nSenior Premium $129; A reserve $109; B reserve $78; C reserve $52 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnder 40 B & C reserve $40; Student/Child $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-musette/2025-08-24/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra:  Musette
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the cello and one of its great players.\nWe’re delighted to welcome back cellist Li-Wei Qin for Haydn’s beautiful Concerto in C and a fabulous French bonbon by Françaix. A world-renowned soloist\, Li-Wei’s playing is distinguished by his glorious tone and commanding technique. \nWritten for MCO Artistic Director Sophie Rowell\, the first piece on the program reworks very familiar themes from the notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach\, who was the copyist of her husband’s Cello Suites. \nA cellist himself\, Boccherini’s dramatic Symphony\, ‘The Devil’s House’\, is the perfect way to finish this concert that is truly all about the cello. \nElena Kats-Chernin From Anna Magdalena’s Notebook \nJoseph Haydn Cello Concerto No.1 in C \nJean Françaix Variations de concert \nLuigi Boccherini Symphony No.4 in D minor ‘La Casa del Diavolo’ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday 21 August 2025 – 7:30pm\nSunday 24 August 2025 – 2:30pm \n\n\nDuration: 2 hours (incl. interval). Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\nMRC Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \n\n\n\n\n\nStandard & Concession Premium $144 ($129 Concession); A reserve $124 ($109 Concession); B reserve $98 ($78 Concession)\nC reserve $72 ($52 Concession) \nSenior Premium $129; A reserve $109; B reserve $78; C reserve $52 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnder 40 B & C reserve $40; Student/Child $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-musette/2025-08-21/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Pastorale
DESCRIPTION:Highlighting the warmth and beauty of the MCO sound.\nOne of the most iconic works\, Barber’s Adagio for Strings lifts the lid on this musical jewellery box brimming with treasures. \nA true hidden gem\, Doreen Carwithen’s lush and lyrical Concerto for Piano and Strings was written in 1948\, then sadly disregarded for many years. To our knowledge\, this is the first chance Australian audiences will have to hear it. Melbourne pianist Aura Go is the perfect partner to introduce us to this music of great beauty. \nThe second half opens with Peter Sculthorpe’s final work\, a serene melody that is rich in his iconic musical language\, before MCO dives into one of the true highlights of the string orchestra repertoire\, Tchaikovsky’s breathtaking Serenade for Strings. \nSophie Rowell artistic director\nAura Go piano\nMelbourne Chamber Orchestra \nSamuel Barber Adagio for Strings \nDoreen Carwithen Concerto for Piano and Strings \nPeter Sculthorpe Pastorale (from String Quartet No.4) \nPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C Op.48 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday 10 July 2025 – 7:30pm\nSunday 13 July 2025 – 2:30pm \n\n\nDuration: 2 hours (incl. interval). Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nTickets: Premium $144 ($129 Concession); A reserve $124 ($109 Concession); B reserve $98 ($78 Concession); C reserve $72 ($52 Concession) \nSeniors: Premium $129; A reserve $109; B reserve $78; C reserve $52 \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nUnder 40 B & C reserve $40   Student/Child $30 \nA Transaction Fee between $4 and $8.50 applies to orders made online and by phone. Delivery Fees may also apply. A ticket limit of six is in place online to ensure fair ticket access for all. Want to bring a bigger party? Call our Box Office during business hours on (03) 9699 3333 to book.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-pastorale/2025-07-13/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250710T193000
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Pastorale
DESCRIPTION:Highlighting the warmth and beauty of the MCO sound.\nOne of the most iconic works\, Barber’s Adagio for Strings lifts the lid on this musical jewellery box brimming with treasures. \nA true hidden gem\, Doreen Carwithen’s lush and lyrical Concerto for Piano and Strings was written in 1948\, then sadly disregarded for many years. To our knowledge\, this is the first chance Australian audiences will have to hear it. Melbourne pianist Aura Go is the perfect partner to introduce us to this music of great beauty. \nThe second half opens with Peter Sculthorpe’s final work\, a serene melody that is rich in his iconic musical language\, before MCO dives into one of the true highlights of the string orchestra repertoire\, Tchaikovsky’s breathtaking Serenade for Strings. \nSophie Rowell artistic director\nAura Go piano\nMelbourne Chamber Orchestra \nSamuel Barber Adagio for Strings \nDoreen Carwithen Concerto for Piano and Strings \nPeter Sculthorpe Pastorale (from String Quartet No.4) \nPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C Op.48 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday 10 July 2025 – 7:30pm\nSunday 13 July 2025 – 2:30pm \n\n\nDuration: 2 hours (incl. interval). Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nTickets: Premium $144 ($129 Concession); A reserve $124 ($109 Concession); B reserve $98 ($78 Concession); C reserve $72 ($52 Concession) \nSeniors: Premium $129; A reserve $109; B reserve $78; C reserve $52 \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nUnder 40 B & C reserve $40   Student/Child $30 \nA Transaction Fee between $4 and $8.50 applies to orders made online and by phone. Delivery Fees may also apply. A ticket limit of six is in place online to ensure fair ticket access for all. Want to bring a bigger party? Call our Box Office during business hours on (03) 9699 3333 to book.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-pastorale/2025-07-10/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Ethereal
DESCRIPTION:Flute magic woven by one of the masters \nMaking his debut with the MCO\, world-renowned flautist Josh Batty is a dynamic performer who weaves magic through his musicianship. \nJosh joins a quartet of MCO musicians for Mozart’s sparkling Flute Quartet and an arrangement of Prokofiev’s captivating Flute Sonata. \nSitting between these sublime works\, one of Beethoven’s great String Quartet\, the C minor Quartet\, adds a dash of turbulence and energy to the program. \nJoshua Batty Flute\nSophie Rowell Violin\nJames Armstrong Violin\nMerewyn Bramble Viola\nBlair Harris Cello \nWednesday  18 JUN 25 7:30pm \nFITZROY NORTH 75 Reid Street \n\n\n\n\n\nStandard Price\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConcession/Senior Price\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChild Price
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-ethereal/
LOCATION:75 Reid St\, North Fitzroy\, 3134\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250504T143000
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Fantasia
DESCRIPTION:Youthful brilliance and solemn beauty.\nAt the heart of this program is a new violin concerto by one of Australia’s most respected composers\, Richard Mills\, who has conceived the work with MCO Artistic Director Sophie Rowell as the soloist. \nDescribed as an ‘oarsman\, musician and scholar’\, Frederick Septimus Kelly wrote his thought-provoking Elegy in memory of his friend while recovering from wounds he acquired in Gallipoli. \nContinuing our commitment to nurturing emerging Victorian talent\, core MCO musicians will share the stage with a small group of leading young VCASS players for the remarkable Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams. \nTo encapsulate the youthful exuberance on the stage\, MCO finishes with Jessie Montgomery’s Strum. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday 01 May 2025 – 7:30pm\nSunday 04 May 2025 – 2:30pm \n\n\nDuration:1 hour 45 mins (incl. interval). Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \nMelbourne Recital Centre\, Elisabet Murdoch Hall \n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $144 ($129 Concession); A reserve $124 ($109 Concession); B reserve $98 ($78 Concession);                      C reserve $72 ($52 Concession) \nSenior Premium $129; A reserve $109; B reserve $78; C reserve $52 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnder 40 B & C reserve $40; Student & Child $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-fantasia/2025-05-04/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250501T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250501T211500
DTSTAMP:20260504T220220
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T132850Z
UID:10016828-1746127800-1746134100@classicmelbourne.com.au
SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Fantasia
DESCRIPTION:Youthful brilliance and solemn beauty.\nAt the heart of this program is a new violin concerto by one of Australia’s most respected composers\, Richard Mills\, who has conceived the work with MCO Artistic Director Sophie Rowell as the soloist. \nDescribed as an ‘oarsman\, musician and scholar’\, Frederick Septimus Kelly wrote his thought-provoking Elegy in memory of his friend while recovering from wounds he acquired in Gallipoli. \nContinuing our commitment to nurturing emerging Victorian talent\, core MCO musicians will share the stage with a small group of leading young VCASS players for the remarkable Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams. \nTo encapsulate the youthful exuberance on the stage\, MCO finishes with Jessie Montgomery’s Strum. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday 01 May 2025 – 7:30pm\nSunday 04 May 2025 – 2:30pm \n\n\nDuration:1 hour 45 mins (incl. interval). Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \nMelbourne Recital Centre\, Elisabet Murdoch Hall \n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $144 ($129 Concession); A reserve $124 ($109 Concession); B reserve $98 ($78 Concession);                      C reserve $72 ($52 Concession) \nSenior Premium $129; A reserve $109; B reserve $78; C reserve $52 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnder 40 B & C reserve $40; Student & Child $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-fantasia/2025-05-01/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250309T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250309T163000
DTSTAMP:20260504T220220
CREATED:20250228T054546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250228T054546Z
UID:10016728-1741530600-1741537800@classicmelbourne.com.au
SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Daybreak
DESCRIPTION:Close friends and inspiring colleagues.\nMCO’s season opens with an enchanting work by our very own violist/composer Matt Laing\, whose deep familiarity with the orchestra really highlights the MCO’s warm\, burnished sound. \nWe follow with the much-loved Mozart Clarinet Concerto starring David Griffiths on his new basset clarinet with its rich\, mellow tone. David is widely sought after as one of Australia’s great soloists and we’re delighted to share his brilliant playing with you in Mozart’s masterpiece. \nAfter interval\, we celebrate the music of George Walker\, the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. His reflective work\, Lyric for Strings\, contains echoes of American folk songs\, which are especially poignant as it was written for his grandmother who had just passed away. \nFrom here we once again lift our spirits through the beauty and wonder of Ravel’s String Quartet arranged for string orchestra – a powerful way to end the performance. \nThis program’s pieces are all written in honour of people who have been an inspiration to these composers… a legacy we hope we can help continue. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nDates & Times\n\nThursday 06 March 2025 – 7:30pm\nSunday 09 March 2025 – 2:30pm \n\n\nDuration: 2 hours (incl. interval). Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nStandard & Concession Premium $144 ($129 Concession); A reserve $124 ($109 Concession); B reserve $98 ($78 Concession); C reserve $72 ($52 Concession) \nSenior Premium $129; A reserve $109; B reserve $78; C reserve $52 \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nUnder 40  B & C reserve $40 Student & Child$30 \nA ticket limit of six is in place online to ensure fair ticket access for all. Want to bring a bigger party? Call our Box Office during business hours on (03) 9699 3333 to book.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-daybreak/2025-03-09/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250306T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250306T213000
DTSTAMP:20260504T220220
CREATED:20250228T054546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250228T054546Z
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Daybreak
DESCRIPTION:Close friends and inspiring colleagues.\nMCO’s season opens with an enchanting work by our very own violist/composer Matt Laing\, whose deep familiarity with the orchestra really highlights the MCO’s warm\, burnished sound. \nWe follow with the much-loved Mozart Clarinet Concerto starring David Griffiths on his new basset clarinet with its rich\, mellow tone. David is widely sought after as one of Australia’s great soloists and we’re delighted to share his brilliant playing with you in Mozart’s masterpiece. \nAfter interval\, we celebrate the music of George Walker\, the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. His reflective work\, Lyric for Strings\, contains echoes of American folk songs\, which are especially poignant as it was written for his grandmother who had just passed away. \nFrom here we once again lift our spirits through the beauty and wonder of Ravel’s String Quartet arranged for string orchestra – a powerful way to end the performance. \nThis program’s pieces are all written in honour of people who have been an inspiration to these composers… a legacy we hope we can help continue. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nDates & Times\n\nThursday 06 March 2025 – 7:30pm\nSunday 09 March 2025 – 2:30pm \n\n\nDuration: 2 hours (incl. interval). Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nStandard & Concession Premium $144 ($129 Concession); A reserve $124 ($109 Concession); B reserve $98 ($78 Concession); C reserve $72 ($52 Concession) \nSenior Premium $129; A reserve $109; B reserve $78; C reserve $52 \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nUnder 40  B & C reserve $40 Student & Child$30 \nA ticket limit of six is in place online to ensure fair ticket access for all. Want to bring a bigger party? Call our Box Office during business hours on (03) 9699 3333 to book.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-daybreak/2025-03-06/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241124T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241124T163000
DTSTAMP:20260504T220220
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241117T070822Z
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra – Handel's Messiah
DESCRIPTION:Hallelujah!\nExperience the transcendence of Handel’s Messiah in a fresh light\, as Melbourne Chamber Orchestra\, Polyphonic Voices\, and brilliant vocal soloists combine to present this enduring wonder of the Baroque. \nMessiah has entranced audiences with its emotional depth and variety since its first performances in Dublin in 1742. Creating moments of breathtaking intensity as well as profound introspection\, Messiah takes audiences on an enchanting and unforgettable musical journey. \nPerforming with a chamber orchestra and chamber choir\, MCO returns this music to the transparent\, vital\, and intimate soundworld Handel intended. \n\nThursday 21 November 7.30pm & Sunday 24 November 2.30pm 2024 \n\nElisabeth Murdoch Hall\n\nDuration: 2 hours (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $140 ($120 Concession); A reserve $120 ($100 Concession); B reserve $95 ($75 Concession)\nC reserve $70 ($50 Concession) \nUnder 40 $40 \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-handels-messiah/2024-11-24/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241121T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241121T213000
DTSTAMP:20260504T220220
CREATED:20241117T070822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241117T070822Z
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra – Handel's Messiah
DESCRIPTION:Hallelujah!\nExperience the transcendence of Handel’s Messiah in a fresh light\, as Melbourne Chamber Orchestra\, Polyphonic Voices\, and brilliant vocal soloists combine to present this enduring wonder of the Baroque. \nMessiah has entranced audiences with its emotional depth and variety since its first performances in Dublin in 1742. Creating moments of breathtaking intensity as well as profound introspection\, Messiah takes audiences on an enchanting and unforgettable musical journey. \nPerforming with a chamber orchestra and chamber choir\, MCO returns this music to the transparent\, vital\, and intimate soundworld Handel intended. \n\nThursday 21 November 7.30pm & Sunday 24 November 2.30pm 2024 \n\nElisabeth Murdoch Hall\n\nDuration: 2 hours (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $140 ($120 Concession); A reserve $120 ($100 Concession); B reserve $95 ($75 Concession)\nC reserve $70 ($50 Concession) \nUnder 40 $40 \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-handels-messiah/2024-11-21/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240721T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240721T163000
DTSTAMP:20260504T220220
CREATED:20240714T002326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240714T002326Z
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Crystalline Voices
DESCRIPTION:Energy\, daring and imagination.\nTimo-Veikko Valve (Tipi to his friends) left Helsinki 17 years ago to become Principal Cello of Australian Chamber Orchestra. Since then he’s continuously travelled across Australia and the globe delighting audiences on his 400-year-old cello. \nFor this project\, MCO welcomes him as our guest curator\, director\, and soloist. The music Tipi has chosen for these concerts is a beautiful depiction of his Finnish nationality\, his time in Australia\, his love of the cello\, and his devotion to chamber music. \nFor these concerts\, Tipi envisions Melbourne Chamber Orchestra as an enormous chamber ensemble: Schubert’s iconic Arpeggione Sonata is cast as a cello concerto\, and Sibelius’ virtuosic Intimate Voices string quartet is performed by the whole orchestra. \nReflective works by Ida Moberg from Finland and Olivia Bettina-Davies from Australia\, and echoes of Australian legend Peter Sculthorpe\, complete a captivating concert experience. \nThursday 18 July 7.30pm & Sunday 21 July 2.30pm 2024 \nElisabeth Murdoch Hall\nDuration: 2 hours (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \nTICKETS\nPremium $140 ($120 Concession); A reserve $120 ($100 Concession); B reserve $95 ($75 Concession); C reserve $70 ($50 Concession)\nSenior: Premium $120; A reserve $100; B reserve $75; C reserve $50\nUnder 40: $40\nStudent & Child: $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-crystalline-voices/2024-07-21/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240718T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240718T213000
DTSTAMP:20260504T220220
CREATED:20240714T002326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240714T002326Z
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Crystalline Voices
DESCRIPTION:Energy\, daring and imagination.\nTimo-Veikko Valve (Tipi to his friends) left Helsinki 17 years ago to become Principal Cello of Australian Chamber Orchestra. Since then he’s continuously travelled across Australia and the globe delighting audiences on his 400-year-old cello. \nFor this project\, MCO welcomes him as our guest curator\, director\, and soloist. The music Tipi has chosen for these concerts is a beautiful depiction of his Finnish nationality\, his time in Australia\, his love of the cello\, and his devotion to chamber music. \nFor these concerts\, Tipi envisions Melbourne Chamber Orchestra as an enormous chamber ensemble: Schubert’s iconic Arpeggione Sonata is cast as a cello concerto\, and Sibelius’ virtuosic Intimate Voices string quartet is performed by the whole orchestra. \nReflective works by Ida Moberg from Finland and Olivia Bettina-Davies from Australia\, and echoes of Australian legend Peter Sculthorpe\, complete a captivating concert experience. \nThursday 18 July 7.30pm & Sunday 21 July 2.30pm 2024 \nElisabeth Murdoch Hall\nDuration: 2 hours (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \nTICKETS\nPremium $140 ($120 Concession); A reserve $120 ($100 Concession); B reserve $95 ($75 Concession); C reserve $70 ($50 Concession)\nSenior: Premium $120; A reserve $100; B reserve $75; C reserve $50\nUnder 40: $40\nStudent & Child: $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-crystalline-voices/2024-07-18/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240602T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240602T161500
DTSTAMP:20260504T220220
CREATED:20240601T020103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240601T020103Z
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Blazing Trails
DESCRIPTION:Music can be a powerful advocate\, a voice heard more loudly than the spoken word.\nJoin Melbourne Chamber Orchestra as they celebrate composers who made the world better through music and amplified overlooked voices — whether it was Vivaldi’s work in music education\, Mahler’s reappraisal of the work of Beethoven\, or Florence Price’s tireless advocacy for women of colour. \nClaire Edwardes is Australia’s most recognisable percussionist\, a trailblazing icon\, a passionate advocate for her instruments\, a champion of new music\, and a bold\, memorable performer. \nClaire is the soloist with MCO for Natalie Williams’ percussion concerto Steeling Fire. The work pays homage to the women who fought for the right to work at the Port Kembla Steelworks in Wollongong in 1980\, and features an arsenal of metallic sounds\, some of which were sourced from the Steelworks. An effervescent Vivaldi concerto\, written originally for the young recorder players at the orphanage in Venice where he taught\, will be revealed anew on the vibraphone. \nThursday 30 May 7.30pm & Sunday 2 June 2.30pm 2024; MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 1 hour 45 mins (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \nTICKETS: $140 – $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-blazing-trails/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240421T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240421T161500
DTSTAMP:20260504T220220
CREATED:20240331T063001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240331T063225Z
UID:10013327-1713709800-1713716100@classicmelbourne.com.au
SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra – Light & Shade
DESCRIPTION:Music enriches our lives with its incredible array of moods\, textures and timbres.\nSophie Rowell has curated this program of vivid colours and strong contrasts\, to showcase the versatility of Melbourne Chamber Orchestra. The vigour of CPE Bach rubs shoulders with the intimate Romanticism of Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov; the upbeat energy of Yuin composer Brenda Gifford is juxtaposed with the lush soundworld of Edward Elgar. \nNigel Westlake is one of Australia’s most captivating composers. To finish this concert\, MCO is thrilled to perform the world premiere of the chamber version of his Trumpet Concerto. From gentle lyrical passages to exhilarating virtuosic moments\, this concerto traverses a kaleidoscope of colours — it is Nigel at his glorious best. MCO’s soloist is the young Principal Trumpet of the MSO\, Owen Morris\, a dazzling superstar of the instrument. This promises to lift the roof off! \n\nhursday 18 April 7.30pm & Sunday 21 April 2.30pm 2024; MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 1 hour 45 mins (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: $140 – $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-light-shade/2024-04-21/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240418T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240418T211500
DTSTAMP:20260504T220220
CREATED:20240331T063001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240331T063225Z
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra – Light & Shade
DESCRIPTION:Music enriches our lives with its incredible array of moods\, textures and timbres.\nSophie Rowell has curated this program of vivid colours and strong contrasts\, to showcase the versatility of Melbourne Chamber Orchestra. The vigour of CPE Bach rubs shoulders with the intimate Romanticism of Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov; the upbeat energy of Yuin composer Brenda Gifford is juxtaposed with the lush soundworld of Edward Elgar. \nNigel Westlake is one of Australia’s most captivating composers. To finish this concert\, MCO is thrilled to perform the world premiere of the chamber version of his Trumpet Concerto. From gentle lyrical passages to exhilarating virtuosic moments\, this concerto traverses a kaleidoscope of colours — it is Nigel at his glorious best. MCO’s soloist is the young Principal Trumpet of the MSO\, Owen Morris\, a dazzling superstar of the instrument. This promises to lift the roof off! \n\nhursday 18 April 7.30pm & Sunday 21 April 2.30pm 2024; MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 1 hour 45 mins (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: $140 – $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-light-shade/2024-04-18/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240303T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240303T163000
DTSTAMP:20260504T220220
CREATED:20240223T115552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240223T115552Z
UID:10013253-1709476200-1709483400@classicmelbourne.com.au
SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra – Music Speaks
DESCRIPTION:More than words could ever express\, music speaks directly to your heart.\nThe musicians of MCO leave nothing on the table in this season opener\, showcasing the orchestra’s powerful emotional expression and captivating unconducted dynamics. \nArtistic Director Sophie Rowell has asked musical storyteller Katy Abbott to compose a new work to begin our year\, drawing on their mutual love of the communicative possibilities of music. \nCurrently Principal Viola of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra\, Chris Moore brings his trademark eloquence and insight to every musical encounter. Chris joins Sophie Rowell to perform the solos in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante\, with its beloved dialogue between the solo violin and viola. Each voice inspires the other\, a true conversation between friends. \nChris steps into the orchestra for Bunuba woman Molly Jalakbiya and Paul Stanhope’s haunting Dirrari Lament\, telling the story of a mother black cockatoo grieving for the loss of her young one. Hope returns with Dvořák’s Serenade\, one of the great masterpieces of the string orchestra repertoire\, and a celebration of Czech song and dance. \n\nThursday 29 February 7.30pm & Sunday 3 March 2.30pm 2024; MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 2 hours (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $140 ($120 Concession); A reserve $120 ($100 Concession); B reserve $95 ($75 Concession)\nC reserve $70 ($50 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-music-speaks/2024-03-03/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Southbank\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240229T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240229T213000
DTSTAMP:20260504T220220
CREATED:20240223T115552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240223T115552Z
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra – Music Speaks
DESCRIPTION:More than words could ever express\, music speaks directly to your heart.\nThe musicians of MCO leave nothing on the table in this season opener\, showcasing the orchestra’s powerful emotional expression and captivating unconducted dynamics. \nArtistic Director Sophie Rowell has asked musical storyteller Katy Abbott to compose a new work to begin our year\, drawing on their mutual love of the communicative possibilities of music. \nCurrently Principal Viola of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra\, Chris Moore brings his trademark eloquence and insight to every musical encounter. Chris joins Sophie Rowell to perform the solos in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante\, with its beloved dialogue between the solo violin and viola. Each voice inspires the other\, a true conversation between friends. \nChris steps into the orchestra for Bunuba woman Molly Jalakbiya and Paul Stanhope’s haunting Dirrari Lament\, telling the story of a mother black cockatoo grieving for the loss of her young one. Hope returns with Dvořák’s Serenade\, one of the great masterpieces of the string orchestra repertoire\, and a celebration of Czech song and dance. \n\nThursday 29 February 7.30pm & Sunday 3 March 2.30pm 2024; MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 2 hours (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $140 ($120 Concession); A reserve $120 ($100 Concession); B reserve $95 ($75 Concession)\nC reserve $70 ($50 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-music-speaks/2024-02-29/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Southbank\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231126T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231126T163000
DTSTAMP:20260504T220220
CREATED:20231119T095629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231119T095629Z
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Of People & Song
DESCRIPTION:For as long as there have been people\, there has been song. Song is at the heart of rich musical traditions that bind people together\, and attest to the spirit of time and place.\nEliding ideas of East and West\, high and low\, past and present\, the music of renowned singer-songwriter Lior embodies a unique sensibility that feels urgent and relevant. \nFor the creation of a major new song cycle for the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra\, Lior again pairs with regular collaborator Ade Vincent\, an adventurous composer who works across classical\, folk\, electronic\, pop\, and the space between. \nEmbracing Lior’s vision\, Sophie Rowell has chosen iconic music by Grieg\, da Falla\, and Rebecca Clarke\, echoing musical traditions across centuries. \n\nThursday 23 November 7.30pm & Sunday 26 November 2023 2.30pm   MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 2 hours (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $140 ($125 Concession); A-Reserve $120 ($105 Concession); B-Reserve $95 ($75 Concession)\nC-Reserve $70 ($50 Concession); Under 40 B & C Reserve $40; Student $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-of-people-song/2023-11-26/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231123T093000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231123T213000
DTSTAMP:20260504T220220
CREATED:20231119T095629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231119T095629Z
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Of People & Song
DESCRIPTION:For as long as there have been people\, there has been song. Song is at the heart of rich musical traditions that bind people together\, and attest to the spirit of time and place.\nEliding ideas of East and West\, high and low\, past and present\, the music of renowned singer-songwriter Lior embodies a unique sensibility that feels urgent and relevant. \nFor the creation of a major new song cycle for the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra\, Lior again pairs with regular collaborator Ade Vincent\, an adventurous composer who works across classical\, folk\, electronic\, pop\, and the space between. \nEmbracing Lior’s vision\, Sophie Rowell has chosen iconic music by Grieg\, da Falla\, and Rebecca Clarke\, echoing musical traditions across centuries. \n\nThursday 23 November 7.30pm & Sunday 26 November 2023 2.30pm   MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 2 hours (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $140 ($125 Concession); A-Reserve $120 ($105 Concession); B-Reserve $95 ($75 Concession)\nC-Reserve $70 ($50 Concession); Under 40 B & C Reserve $40; Student $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-of-people-song/2023-11-23/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Mozart and Beethoven Concertos
DESCRIPTION:In 1787\, a 17-year-old Beethoven made the journey from Bonn to Vienna—further than Melbourne to Sydney.\nDid he meet the 30-year-old Mozart\, in the few weeks they were in the same city?\nWas there a metaphorical handing over of the baton of Classical music? Escape with us to this bright\, elegant moment\, as we perform Mozart’s final piano concerto and Beethoven’s first-written (but second-numbered) concerto\, written just a few years apart. \nPraised by The New York Times for his ‘power and extraordinary range of colours’\, Finnish pianist Paavali Jumppanen is recognised as one of the leading living exponents of Mozart and Beethoven. \nNow based in Melbourne as the Artistic Director of the Australian National Academy of Music\, he joins us to perform these iconic concertos. \n\nSunday 8 October 2.30pm & Thursday 12 October 2023 7.30pm; MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 1 hour 45 mins (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS $140 – $30 \nExperience this concert online with Australian Digital Concert Hall. Click here for live stream tickets.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-mozart-and-beethoven-concertos/2023-10-12/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Mozart and Beethoven Concertos
DESCRIPTION:In 1787\, a 17-year-old Beethoven made the journey from Bonn to Vienna—further than Melbourne to Sydney.\nDid he meet the 30-year-old Mozart\, in the few weeks they were in the same city?\nWas there a metaphorical handing over of the baton of Classical music? Escape with us to this bright\, elegant moment\, as we perform Mozart’s final piano concerto and Beethoven’s first-written (but second-numbered) concerto\, written just a few years apart. \nPraised by The New York Times for his ‘power and extraordinary range of colours’\, Finnish pianist Paavali Jumppanen is recognised as one of the leading living exponents of Mozart and Beethoven. \nNow based in Melbourne as the Artistic Director of the Australian National Academy of Music\, he joins us to perform these iconic concertos. \n\nSunday 8 October 2.30pm & Thursday 12 October 2023 7.30pm; MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 1 hour 45 mins (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS $140 – $30 \nExperience this concert online with Australian Digital Concert Hall. Click here for live stream tickets.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-mozart-and-beethoven-concertos/2023-10-08/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230831T193000
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Art of the Symphony
DESCRIPTION:From the ancient Greek for ‘sounded harmoniously’\, the words ‘sinfonia’ and ‘symphony’ have been used for centuries.\nLeonora Duarte\, a Flemish composer who died before Bach was born\, used it to describe her haunting works for viol ensemble. Johann Stamitz was a visionary\, writing some of the first works that are recognisably modern symphonies. Haydn wrote over 100 symphonies building on Stamitz’s innovations. \nFast-forward to Britten’s youthfully delightful Simple Symphony\, and finally to our commission of Australian composer Caerwen Martin\, whose music reflecting on the sinfonias of Duarte brings us full circle. \nJohann Stamitz Symphony in F Op. 24\, No. 3 \nBenjamin Britten Simple Symphony \nLeonora Duarte Sinfonia \nCaerwen Martin Embracing Duarte – MCO premiere commission \nJosef Haydn Symphony No. 49 in F minor Passion \n\nSunday 27 August 2.30pm & Thursday 31 August 2023 7.30pm    Duration: 2 hours (incl. interval) \nMelbourne Recital Centre\,  Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\n \n\n\n\n\nTICKERS: Premium $140 ($125 Concession); A-Reserve $120 ($105 Concession); B-Reserve $95 ($75 Concession)\nC-Reserve $70 ($50 Concession);   Under 40 B & C Reserve $40;   Student $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-art-of-the-symphony/2023-08-31/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Art of the Symphony
DESCRIPTION:From the ancient Greek for ‘sounded harmoniously’\, the words ‘sinfonia’ and ‘symphony’ have been used for centuries.\nLeonora Duarte\, a Flemish composer who died before Bach was born\, used it to describe her haunting works for viol ensemble. Johann Stamitz was a visionary\, writing some of the first works that are recognisably modern symphonies. Haydn wrote over 100 symphonies building on Stamitz’s innovations. \nFast-forward to Britten’s youthfully delightful Simple Symphony\, and finally to our commission of Australian composer Caerwen Martin\, whose music reflecting on the sinfonias of Duarte brings us full circle. \nJohann Stamitz Symphony in F Op. 24\, No. 3 \nBenjamin Britten Simple Symphony \nLeonora Duarte Sinfonia \nCaerwen Martin Embracing Duarte – MCO premiere commission \nJosef Haydn Symphony No. 49 in F minor Passion \n\nSunday 27 August 2.30pm & Thursday 31 August 2023 7.30pm    Duration: 2 hours (incl. interval) \nMelbourne Recital Centre\,  Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\n \n\n\n\n\nTICKERS: Premium $140 ($125 Concession); A-Reserve $120 ($105 Concession); B-Reserve $95 ($75 Concession)\nC-Reserve $70 ($50 Concession);   Under 40 B & C Reserve $40;   Student $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-art-of-the-symphony/2023-08-27/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Beginning of the World
DESCRIPTION:The two great gardens of English music\, separated by two centuries\, are the theme of this concert experience co-curated by Sophie Rowell and the incomparable Genevieve Lacey.\nThe beautiful\, intricate music of Elizabethan and Stuart England is an escape to a world far from our own. In this first flowering of English music\, composer William Byrd sowed the seeds with his round\, ‘The Beginning of the World’\, and the sublime artistry of Purcell burst forth. When Elgar\, Walton and others began to plant the second great garden in more recent times\, the earlier golden age was never far from their minds. \nFor decades\, audiences and fellow artists have been drawn to Genevieve Lacey’s unique artistic visions\, which reimagine music from diffuse contexts as wholes greater than the sum of their parts. We are delighted to be joined on stage by Genevieve for the first time since 2017. \nFeaturing 500 years of English music curated by Sophie Rowell and Genevieve Lacey. \n\nThursday 22 June 7.30pm & Sunday 25 June 2023 2.30pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 2 hours (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $140 ($125 Concession); A-Reserve $120 ($105 Concession); B-Reserve $95 ($75 Concession)\nC-Reserve $70 ($50 Concession); Under 40 B & C Reserve $40; Student $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-beginning-of-the-world/2023-06-25/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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