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Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Nightingale (Melbourne Chamber Orchestra)

"Hidden gems" and a Shakespeare-inspired world premiere make for a joyful experience from beginning to end.

November 25, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Muse (Melbourne Chamber Orchestra)

A 1920s parlour game inspires an ear-opening, mind-bending experience.

August 19, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
news

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra 2026: “A deeply personal journey”

The MCO’s 2026 season includes five major orchestral concerts, a touring chamber series and three world-premiere works by Australian composers.

August 5, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Fantasia (Melbourne Chamber Orchestra & Canberra International Music Festival)

With a theme of freedom hard-won, and an emphasis on Finnish and Australian Indigenous music, Fantasia is a taste of the Festival in its entirety.

May 1, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Daybreak (Melbourne Chamber Orchestra)

MCO's season opening concert featured an inspired and compelling combination of works, with something for everyone.

March 9, 2025
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features

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra’s New Dawn

The MCO's 2025 season is heralded with a new work by inspired by the physical and metaphorical power of a sunrise.

February 21, 2025
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Season Preview 2025: Small to Medium Ensembles

What do our small to medium ensembles have on offer in the year ahead?

December 20, 2024
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Handel’s Messiah (Melbourne Chamber Orchestra & Polyphonic Voices)

The MCO and the Recital Centre's acoustics endow a stripped-back Messiah with the gravitas of a much bigger production.

November 26, 2024
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Canberra International Music Festival 2025: Listen Up

Eugene Ughetti's first year as CIMF's Artistic Director is all about "new experiences, new ways of listening".

November 25, 2024
Chamber, Classical Music
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Melbourne Chamber Orchestra reveals 2025 season

Five performances, four world premieres, and esteemed guest artists; the MCO explores the "poetry of music" in 2025.

September 3, 2024
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Max Richter – The Four Seasons Recomposed (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

A note perfect performance of works exploring the hidden awe of daily life and the changing of seasons.

August 12, 2024
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Crystalline Voices (Melbourne Chamber Orchestra)

Cellist Timo-Veikko Valve plots the soundlines of his native and adoptive countries in a dynamic and rousing concert.

July 23, 2024
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features

Comings and Goings: July 2024

The latest arts appointments and departures.

June 24, 2024

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