Music at McClelland - Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

Directed by celebrated Australian violinist and concertmaster Sophie Rowell, the MCO is Victoria’s preeminent professional chamber orchestra.

In more than 50 performances each season, the orchestra brings leading Australian musicians together in inspiring programs of uncompromising artistic quality, finesse, and passion.

MUSE

Invented in the parlours of 1920s Paris, ‘Exquisite Corpse’ is a game where each artist depicts a section of a work, revealing only the last portion as a clue for the next. This game has been reimagined for the string quartet, resulting in three new whimsical works capturing the fantasy of their performers and listeners alike.

The creativity stimulated through collaboration bears great relevance to the art of chamber music making, with each performer contributing their own voice in harmony to those around them. MCO longtime collaborators come together to present this concert of inspired creativity.

The brainchild of MCO cellist Blair Harris, this program seamlessly blends works of old and new worlds, igniting the listeners’ imagination. From the Baroque masters on the streets of Buenos Aires to ancient folk melodies dancing with the sounds of 21st-century Australia, this concert promises to cast a new light on the great tradition of the string quartet.