JOY | PASSION | INNOVATION - Experience ARCO in 2025
From the close intimacy of chamber music to the energy of a full orchestra in the Sydney Opera House, from regional tours in unique venues to three dynamic Young Mannheim Symphonist Academies – our 2025 Season is all about the incredible experience of hearing music as it was originally heard. Of exploring beautiful music with historically informed performance on rare period instruments. Of joy, passion and innovation, unlike any other.
And, in honour of Richard Gill’s extraordinary legacy, we continue to INSPIRE, EDUCATE and CONNECT into our second decade of concerts, music education programs and community engagement across Australia.
Join us!
BACH/MENDELSSOHN
ST MATTHEW PASSION
photo credit: Wallis Media
Hear Bach’s iconic St Matthew Passion through Romantic ears in a recreation of the concert that sparked the 19th-century Bach revival. The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, led from the violin by Rachael Beesley, partners with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs conducted by Elizabeth Scott in an illuminating performance of Mendelssohn’s 1841 version – Australia’s first-ever on rare historical instruments.
Thursday 17 April | 7.00pm
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
JUNE & BEYOND:
QLD, NSW, VIC regional tours
From June onwards we'll be touring across several states with beloved Classical and Romantic works.
Regional QLD chamber tour to Sunshine/Fraser Coasts and Bundaberg
Regional NSW chamber tour to South Coast of NSW and VIC
More to be announced soon, including exclusive donor invitation events
PAST CONCERTS
PENINSULA SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL
photo credit: Nick Gilbert
Did you join us in Flinders? Three sparkling chamber concerts at the Peninsula Summer Music Festival amid the historic churches, wineries and hot springs of Victoria’s stunning Mornington Peninsula in January 2025.
photo credit: © Hikari Photography
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