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
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
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
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
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
Comings and Goings: July 2024
The latest arts appointments and departures.
June 24, 2024
Review: Blazing Trails (Melbourne Chamber Orchestra)
An intriguing, diverse and at times even courageous program from Melbourne Chamber Orchestra – with plenty of meat in the sandwich.
June 5, 2024
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Steel and strings
"Like you're running on your tiptoes." Sophie Rowell unpacks her program for Melbourne Chamber Orchestra's Blazing Trails.
May 28, 2024
New Executive Director for MCO
Adele Schonhardt to join Artistic Director Sophie Rowell at helm of the the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra.
May 10, 2024
Comings and Goings: April 2024
The latest arts appointments and departures.
March 25, 2024
Review: Music Speaks (Melbourne Chamber Orchestra)
Mozart, Dvořák and a world premiere. This ambitious concert was a warm welcome to the MCO’s 2024 concert season.
March 1, 2024
Season Preview 2024: Small to medium ensembles
What do our small to medium ensembles have on offer in the year ahead?
December 22, 2023
World Premiere: Glacial Thunder
Opening Melbourne Chamber Orchestra’s 2024 season, a new work from Katy Abbott taps into the complexity of musical communication.
December 22, 2023