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24.01.2022 This Thursday 30th July: Don't miss these amazing MCO musicians with Stefan Cassomenos performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4 in a very cool sextet version. Streamed live on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall. Tix over here: https://mco.org.au/event/beethoven-piano-concerto-no4/ Special thanks to Kawai Australia for loaning us a beautiful piano to rehearse this concert and Australian Nurses Memorial Centre for being great partners.

23.01.2022 Happy 65th birthday to our Artistic Director William Hennessy AM! Our beloved "Bill" has been our AD for well over a decade and here's to many more years. Our friends over at Melbourne Digital Concert Hall have put together a box set of his four performances on the platform so far. Enjoy now: https://watch.melbournedigitalconcerthall.com/#/item/58007

21.01.2022 Moments Musicaux #5! This time we have frequent MCO violinist Courtenay Cleary, who's recently returned from studying at Juilliard, with pianist Alex Raineri performing American Romantic composer Amy Beach's gorgeous Romance.

21.01.2022 MCO Principal Second Violin, Natalia Harvey, performs the Adagio from JS Bach's Solo Sonata for Violin in G Minor BWV 1001.

20.01.2022 Congratulations to Melbourne Digital Concert Hall! #creativevictoria

20.01.2022 If you're serving Beethoven realness and you're not Stefan Cassomenos, are you doing it right? MCO is serving Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4 with Stefan on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall 30 July 8:30PM AEST. Tickets just $24! Buy yours here: https://mco.org.au/event/beethoven-piano-concerto-no4/

19.01.2022 Our next concert is this Thursday 16 July on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall with MCO Principal Second Violin Natalia Harvey and pianist Louisa Breen performing a dramatic recital of music by Janáek, Kreisler and Brahms. Tickets just $24. Discover + book now: https://mco.org.au/event/sonatas-for-violin-piano/

19.01.2022 Reviews are in for last Thursday's concert! Tony Way in the Age: https://www.theage.com.au//masked-musicians-counter-chaos-

19.01.2022 And we're back!! Join MCO Artistic Director William Hennessy AM, MSO Principal Viola Christopher Moore, and Firebird Trio cellist Josephine Vains for the rarest of performances of Mozart’s divine Divertimento for string trio K563. Described by Alfred Einstein as one of Mozart’s noblest works, if you love Mozart don’t miss our return to live streaming on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall, Thursday 5 November at 8:30pm. More info & tickets: https://mco.org.au/event/the-great-divertimento/

17.01.2022 Don't miss it! Tonight (Thursday 30/07/20) 8:30pm AEST Beethoven wundermensch Stefan Cassomenos with MCO's finest on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall. Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 + Mozart Salzburg Symph No 1 https://mco.org.au/event/beethoven-piano-concerto-no4/

16.01.2022 Moments Musicaux #3! Our Artistic Director and MSO/MCO violist Katharine Brockman perform the fiendish Halvorsen-Handel Passacaglia from their home.

16.01.2022 Due to COVID-19 Stage IV restrictions, our planned performance of Schubert's Trout Quintet has had to be postponed. Stay tuned for some other projects we're working on until 14 September!

15.01.2022 Here's the second of our Moments Musicaux series, recorded by MCO musicians and our frequent collaborators at home. Today, it's pianist Benjamin Martin, who we love performing chamber music and concertos with. He's performing his own 'Prelude in D major'. Enjoy!

12.01.2022 This Saturday! (22/8). Support Local with Melbourne Digital Concert Hall and MCO's Principals with a one-off re-broadcast of their gorgeous "Dvoák Quintet" performance. Tickets just $24 book now: https://mco.org.au/200822

11.01.2022 TRULY EXCELLENT NEWS: Our first LIVE concert in ages is this Thursday! There's only 19 seats left. Join the studio audience for our "Mozart Quintet" performance at the Athenaeum, 19/11 at 8:30pm. Real live music. Can't quite believe it! https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/683052

11.01.2022 Moments Musicaux, #4! Our awesome Principal Viola Merewyn Bramble performs Belgian Romantic violinist Vieuxtemps' Capriccio for Viola. Drama and passion!

07.01.2022 We aren't allowed to rehearse or perform in public in Stage IV, so of course, we are making music from home. Over the next few weeks, we'll be featuring our Moments Musicaux project, shot and performed by our musicians and the people they live with. In our first Moment Musical, Katherine Lukey & Paul Ghica perform some evocative Hungarian Folk Dances

01.01.2022 We're back on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall this Thursday (5/11), 8:30pm! And we're leading off with Mozart's sprawling, heavenly, Divertimento for string trio K563. Here's a sneak peek of Chris, Josie & William rehearsing one of the Minuets from this masterpiece. Tickets just $24. All revenue received by MCO goes directly to artists. Info & bookings: https://mco.org.au/event/the-great-divertimento/

01.01.2022 Coming up this week on #melbournedigitalconcerthall: Musicians of Melbourne Chamber Orchestra perform one of Mozart’s late chamber music masterpieces, the C major Quintet K515. Thursday 19 November 8:30pm. Tickets and info: https://mco.org.au/event/mozart-quintet/

01.01.2022 Thursday 16th 8:30pm AEST: One of our wonderful Principal musicians, Natalia Harvey, presents a live-streamed Recital with pianist Louisa Breen on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall. Here's a bit of scrumptious Kreisler to get you in the mood. Tickets just $24 here: https://mco.org.au/event/sonatas-for-violin-piano/