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 was all about the incredible experience of hearing music performed live. 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 continued to INSPIRE, EDUCATE and CONNECT into our second decade of concerts, music education programs and community engagement across Australia.
Explore our 2025 season below - and sign up for news of 2026 concerts!
2025 CONCERTS
BACH/MENDELSSOHN
ST MATTHEW PASSION
photo credit: Wallis Media
Bach’s iconic St Matthew Passion heard 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, partnered 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
MOZART’S CLARINET
REGIONAL QLD TOUR
Dancing strings, lilting clarinet – the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra returned to regional QLD with gorgeous chamber music from three brilliant composers.
‘Mozart’s Clarinet’ soars from joyful Schubert to the freshness of female composer Emilie Mayer and one of music’s best-loved pieces: Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, played on a rare historical basset clarinet.
21–29 June
Sippy Downs | Gympie | Fraser Coast | Bundaberg
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.
Featuring ARCO’s principal musicians and 2025 YMS Emerging Artists.
4-5 January
Mornington Peninsula
Mozart’s Clarinet
NSW & Victoria
Our acclaimed Mozart’s Clarinet toured regional NSW and Victoria in collaboration with Music in the Regions! Sparkling chamber music from three brilliant composers, from joyful Schubert to the freshness of female composer Emilie Mayer and one of music’s best-loved pieces: Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet.
18-26 Oct
Huskisson | Bowral | Mallacoota | Wolumla | Kangaroo Valley
“The best HIPsters under the Southern Cross.”
photo credit: © Hikari Photography