Celebrating its 10th year, the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra has announced its 2023 season.

The Orchestra brings three mainstage touring concerts to Queensland, Melbourne, New South Wales and Canberra, as well as a three-pronged Voyage of Musical Discovery program pairing Romantic and Classical music with contemporary Australian composition in a pledge to music education.

“We are so excited to be celebrating our 10th anniversary with our incredible audiences, generous donors, patrons and supporters, government funding bodies and presenting partners who have been with us along the way,” said Co-Artistic Director Rachael Beesley.

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra. Photo © Robert Catto.

The Orchestra’s first tour brings the clarinet into the spotlight with Viennese Vogue. Honouring the history of an instrument lauded in 1700s Vienna, Mozart’s only Clarinet Quintet, one of the first of its kind, is placed next to the Clarinet Quartet in E flat from Mozart’s student, Johann Hummel. Schubert’s unfinished String Trio...