Announcing MCO’s 2016 Melbourne Season
Delightfully unexpected, sublimely beautiful, emotionally powerful.
This year we celebrate the 25th anniversary of concerts presented by the Australia Pro Arte/Melbourne Chamber Orchestra organisation. The spirit of MCO is epitomised in …
Video: William Hennessy prepares for the Beethoven Violin Concerto
Hennessy’s Beethoven is on Saturday 13 June and Sunday 14 June in Melbourne.
The tour performances are in Geelong, Warragul and Mornington from 12 June to 20 June.
In praise of the minuet
Our Artistic Director, William Hennessy, took some time out from his schedule to provide some reflections on MCO’s second program for 2015, The Virtuoso Recorder.
In praise of the minuet: The …
Stefan Cassomenos talks Mozart
Stefan Cassomenos is one of Australia’s most exciting pianists, festival directors and chamber musicians. He talks to us about Mozart’s Piano Concerto #25, which he is performing as part of …
Raw vision: Appalachian Spring Rehearsal
We snuck into the first rehearsal to capture MCO rehearsing William Hennessy’s arrangement of Schubert’s Quartet No. 10 for string orchestra. It’s the perfect string symphony, full of charm and …
Concert Notes: Appalachian Spring
MCO’s Appalachian Spring can be heard on Friday 7 November at The Deakin Edge, Federation Square and Sunday 9 November at Melbourne Recital Centre.
Schubert
String Quartet in E flat D. …
Daniel de Borah talks Shostakovich
Pianist Daniel de Borah is the soloist in MCO’s Appalachian Spring on Friday 7 November and Sunday 9 November. We caught up with him to ask some questions about Shostakovich’s …
MCO in Rodelinda
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra performed as the orchestra for the Joan Sutherland/Richard Bonynge Foundation‘s Melbourne concert performance of Handel’s opera Rodelinda. With Maestro Richard Bonynge AC conducting and working with an …
Tour Photo Diary: 2014 Daylesford
The second year of our ‘A Feast of Music’ project in Daylesford, with a concert in Daylesford Town Hall followed by a musical dinner at Frangos & Frangos. Captured by …