November ⁄ December
Chamber Music, Streaming Concerts, Touring

Beethoven’s Last Quartet

Three utterly different statements for string quartet to round out our chamber music series for 2022.

HEATHCOTE Tue 29/11/22, 8:00PM Heathcote RSL Hall

ELMORE Wed 30/11/22, 8:00PM Elmore Memorial Hall

BENDIGO Thu 01/12/22, 8:00PM Bendigo Bank Theatre

MT BEAUTY Fri 02/12/22, 8:00PM Mount Beauty Community Centre

MELBOURNE Thu 08/12/22, 7:00PM Athenaeum Studio 2

SWIFTS CREEK Sat 03/12/22, 2:30PM Swifts Creek Hall

BRUTHEN Sat 03/12/22, 7:30PM Bruthen Mechanics Hall

ONLINE Thu 08/12/22, 7:00PM Australian Digital Concert Hall

December
Chamber Music, Touring, Projects & Events

Chamber Music Dining at Narkoojee

Glorious chamber music, a delicious lunch, and of course, premium wines make a triple treat for an exclusive event at the Narkoojee Winery.

GLENGARRY Sun 04/12/22, 11:45AM Narkoojee Winery

January
Projects & Events

MCO @ Peninsula Festival

Sophie Rowell, in her new position as Artistic Director of MCO, directs this performance of two very different but equally wonderful string octets as bookends to this program.

FLINDERS Sat 07/01/23, 7:00PM St John’s Anglican Church

May
2023 Season, Orchestral

Higher Power

Leading choir Polyphonic Voices joins MCO for a searching spiritual quest including Vivaldi's Magnificat and Vasks' Da pacem domine.

MELBOURNE Thu 04/05/23, 7:30PM Melbourne Recital Centre

MELBOURNE Sun 07/05/23, 2:30PM Melbourne Recital Centre

July
Festival, Chamber Music, Projects & Events

Idomeneo

Death, politics and roaring crescendos, Idomeneo is a new opera that will crash like a wave on Melbourne directed by Emma Muir-Smith and conducted by Benjamin Bayl.

ST KILDA Tue 04/07/23, 7:30PM Palais Theatre

ST KILDA Thu 06/07/23, 7:30PM Palais Theatre

ST KILDA Sat 08/07/23, 7:30PM Palais Theatre

August
Orchestral, 2023 Season

Art of the Symphony

What is a symphony? MCO Artistic Director Sophie Rowell draws together five very different symphonies from across more than 350 years.

MELBOURNE Sun 27/08/23, 2:30PM Melbourne Recital Centre

MELBOURNE Thu 31/08/23, 7:30PM Melbourne Recital Centre

November
Orchestral, 2023 Season

Of People & Song

ARIA award-winning songsmith Lior makes his MCO debut with a major new song cycle, celebrating sung traditions and folk melodies across centuries.

MELBOURNE Thu 23/11/23, 7:30PM Melbourne Recital Centre

MELBOURNE Sun 26/11/23, 2:30PM Melbourne Recital Centre