Melbourne Chamber Orchestra - CARNIVAL

Eight of the MCO's best performers present a program built around Mendelssohn's famous string octet in the Yackandandah Public Hall.

Writing when he was a mere 16 years old, Mendelssohn noted that his newly composed Octet “must be played by all the instruments in symphonic orchestral style.” The Octet is epic in proportion, youthful in its excitement and simply breathtaking when it reaches its exhilarating conclusion.


Spurred on by this, and by Mendelssohn’s own inspiration from Goethe’s Faust, Adelaide-born composer Jakub Jankowski’s Octet is grand in scale and dramatic in performance – the players at times becoming the characters of Faust and Mephistopheles – before the piece, like Mendelssohn’s, comes to an exultant conclusion. In between, Jennifer Higdon’s Quiet Art acts as a palate cleanser – a moment of calm that the world sorely needs at this time.

This is a rare opportunity to experience such a calibre of chamber music in such an intimate setting. Be sure to book early! Doors open at 7pm, with the performance beginning at 8pm.

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