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ANAM Orchestra | 30th Gala with Simone Young

Needing no introduction, Simone Young AM returns to conduct the full forces of the ANAM Orchestra in the Australian National Academy of Music’s 30th birthday celebration. This one-night-only gala concert features some of the most distinct music of our time, culminating in the glistening sounds of Richard Strauss at the height of his orchestral writing. Strauss’s deeply moving tone poem Death

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Warren Wills

Beethoven’s Ghost bursts with verve, passion and commitment

Musica Viva Australia | Beethoven’s Ghost 12 May, 2026, Melbourne Recital Hall, VIC Spooky – NO, Deliciously Decadent – YES! And so, turning up to the always inviting, always welcoming Melbourne Recital Centre, on a cold Autumnal Tuesday night, respect was offered to the lauded, dynamic and diligent Musica Viva Australia who produced the evening’s “supernatural” treat. A singular musical

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Melbourne Chamber Orchestra | DuskLit

MCO + ANDREA LAM Known for her expressive depth and brilliant technique — as well as her warm presence on ABC’s The Piano — Andrea Lam brings Mozart’s beloved Piano Concerto No 21 to life with elegance and joy. Mendelssohn’s sun-drenched Italian Symphony also shines, along with the premiere of a moving new work by Miriama Young, created from field recordings by young people

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Warren Wills

Spooky Men’s gloriously unhinged 25th anniversary concert

Spooky Men’s Chorale | 25 Years of Pointless Grandeur 3 May 2026, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC Origins Somewhere in the misty folds of the Blue Mountains around 2001, a tribe of blokes assembled under the benevolent mischief of Stephen Taberner. What began as a low-stakes experiment in male vocal bonding (read: controlled chaos) became a roaming choral phenomenon. Sixteen men,

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Brad Slater

MSO’s Jaime Martin as conductor and soloist a rare treat

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Strauss and Mozart February 28, 2026. Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC Featuring Jaime Martin (flute and conductor) & Natalie Chee (violin)   The intimate surrounds of the Melbourne Recital Centre proved ideally suited to a program of Bach, Mozart, and chamber orchestra sized Strauss. Opening with Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 allowed the audience to acclimatise to the sonority

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Warren Wills

A scintillating and genre-defying performance from Roomful of Teeth

Roomful of Teeth | Voices beyond borders 11 February 2026, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC The Occasion Such joy as heading to the Melbourne Recital Centre on Wednesday night in the midst of a crazy four-season muggy Summer night climate-wise, but tinged with demonstrations, contentions, Winter Olympics, World T20 Cricket and so many other dubious distractions. As far as memorable names go to

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Paul Moulatlet

Danaë Killian’s ‘My Heart’ a transcendental and sensory journey

Danaë Killian | My Heart January 22, 2026, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC There are times, not very often, when a concert or recital turns out to be much more than its title suggests. Pianist Danaë Killian’s concert My Heart was such an event. Presented to celebrate the launch of her latest album My Heart (Move Records, 2026),

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Melbourne Chamber Orchestra | Drifting Currents

MCO + BLAIR HARRIS Experience the world premiere of Alice Humphries’ deeply moving Cello Concerto, written especially for celebrated MCO cellist Blair Harris. Known for his emotional depth and fearless artistry, Harris brings this new work to life in a performance that highlights his long-standing collaboration with the composer. The program also features Respighi’s graceful Ancient Airs and Dances, the

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The deliciously decadent Luminescence Chamber Singers

Luminescence Chamber Singers | Garden of Earthly Delights 3 October, 2025, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC Deliciously decadent. Taking inspiration from the famous Dutch painting of great excesses of the same name, Garden of Earthly Delights was equally shocking in its artistic scope and extraordinary attention to detail. Sublime singing, technically impeccable and above all, beautiful music making.  

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David Hood

MRC’s Great Romantics Competition showcases brilliant young performers

Great Romantics Competition | Melbourne Recital Centre 21 September, 2025, Melbourne, VIC “How do judges decide in a Musical Competition?”, I thought, waiting for the start of the show, now in its 16th season. Especially when the 13 musicians are playing Viola/Violin/Guitar/Cello & Clarinet (I include the splendid associate pianists; Peter de Jager; Kevin Suherman & Aidan Boase.) National auditions

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Melbourne Chamber Orchestra | DuskLit

MCO + ANDREA LAM Known for her expressive depth and brilliant technique — as well as her warm presence on ABC’s The Piano — Andrea Lam brings Mozart’s beloved Piano Concerto No 21 to life with elegance and joy. Mendelssohn’s sun-drenched Italian Symphony also shines, along with the premiere of a moving new work by Miriama Young, created from field recordings by young people

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Melbourne Chamber Orchestra | Under the Canopy

MCO + JAMES CRABB Experience the incredible James Crabb in a program that showcases the possibilities of the classical accordion. Renowned for his electrifying stage presence and interpretive depth, Crabb brings his unique flair to works by leading composers. From the ornate beauty of Rameau and the bold invention of CPE Bach, to Gubitsch’s tango pulse and the raw soul

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Warren Wills

Melbourne Bach Choir’s magical Carmina Burana

Melbourne Bach Choir | Carmina Burana 19 September, 2025, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC The Occasion And so on a Friday evening mid September when much of Melbourne is enveloped in this phenomenon of “AFL final season”, your humble scribe took it upon himself to venture forth to the Melbourne Recital Centre and enjoy the fine offerings made available by the

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David Hood

MCO’s stunning brilliance and inspiring collegiality on show

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra | Musette 24 August, 2025 Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC Sophie Rowell’s brilliantly-curated programme, on Sunday 24 August at Melbourne Recital Centre, had the MCO touring musical Australia, Austria, France and Italy. Cellist Li-Wei Qin featured in Haydn’s C major Concerto which, giving the ‘big-boys’ (Dvorak, Elgar, etc.) a head start, was rediscovered only in 1961. Haydn, very

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Daniel Brace

ABO’s Paul Dyer takes the baroque and makes it even better

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | Baroque Unleashed 26 June, 2025, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC So many notes, so much music. The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra presented an extravaganza of works from the best of the baroque: Corelli, Vivaldi, Albinoni, Pergolesi, and Locatelli. A fine bunch of fiery Italian composers, famous to this day for their ‘virtuosic skill and talent’

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Peter Hagen

…soulful, rhapsodic joyful, ecstatic – you should move mountains to hear Musica Alchemica

Lina Tur Bonet and Musical Alchemica  November 23, 2024, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC LINA TUR BONET artistic director & baroque violin MARCO TESTORI baroque cello GIANGIACOMO PINARDI theorbo KENNETH WEISS harpsichord Programme BIBER Sonata No. 1 in D minor ‘The Annunciation’ CIMA Sonata a 2 SCHMELZER Sonata Quarta in D major MUFFAT Passacaglia in G minor for harpsichord BIBER Sonata

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Daniel Brace

A great buzz of energy from La Compañia’s Baroque of Venice

La Compañia – The Baroque of Venice 17 February 2024, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne La Compañia brought the party to the Melbourne Recital Centre on a buzzing Saturday night in Melbourne with a program of the best hits and dance music of Venice in the early baroque.  Danny Lucin as director and cornetto player – cornetto being the unicorn of

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Daniel Brace

Midsumma Festival – a love is a love is a love

Divisi Chamber Singers | a love is a love is a love February 3, 2024, Melbourne Recital Centre For me Midsumma Festival conjures images of drag, cabaret, pride parades and the disco. So it’s wonderful to see the program continue to grow with a number of well attended and well performed contemporary and classical music concerts. A celebration of queerness,

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