Reviews

Performance reviews

Lully and de Lalande: Grand Motets for Versailles (Melbourne Baroque Orchestra) Rarely heard music by Lully and de la Lande finds a fitting home in the resonant surrounds of a Melbourne church.

Limelight
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Elizabeth Quinn
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October 13, 2026

MBO’s Lully and de Lalande at Versailles was ‘ne plus ultra’

classikON
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Daniel Brace
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October 11, 2026

Special voices, ravishingly beautiful: D'amore cantatas of J.S.Bach

ClassikON
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Richard Excell
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August 7, 2026

Revelatory Messiah: MBO and Choir of Christ Church South Yarra

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Richard Excell
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May 10, 2026

St Matthew Passion Five Star review from Limelight

Limelight
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Sue Kaufmann
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April 7, 2026

ACC and MBO's Bach was on an 'elevated plain"

classikON
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Richard Excell
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March 25, 2026

Downright fabulousness for MBO's tenth anniversary

calssikON
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Daniel Brace
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November 3, 2025

MBO presents a Delicious Tapestry of Sound

classikON
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Richard Excell
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August 26, 2025

MBO & Craig Hill’s sensitive exploration of the glorious basset clarinet

classikON
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Richard Excell
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June 29, 2025

Prakhoff with MBO performed an accomplished and committed Passion

classikON
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Richard Excell
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April 22, 2025

Masterful MBO pleases with a performance of perfect taste

classikON
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Richard Excell
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March 17, 2025

Les Goûts Réunis: Luscious Sonorities from the MBO

CalssikON
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Ricard Excell
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October 14, 2024

MBO's lesser known quartets from the masters, a wonderful delight

ClassikON
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Peter Campbell
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July 29, 2024

High fives for a deep dive into the lower strings

Classic Melbourne
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Sue Kaufmann
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April 29, 2024

MBO and Mime Brinkmann exemplify collective mastery of the baroque idiom

ClassikON
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Lachlan Dent
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April 28, 2024

An exceptionally poignant and stirring St Matthew Passion with Melbourne Baroque Orchestra

ClassikON
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Jack Stephens
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March 26, 2024

Thrilling opening night of the Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields Festival

classikON
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Daniel Brace
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January 15, 2024

MBO delivered a gorgeous performance, pleasing in every way

ClassiKON
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Daniel Brace
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December 17, 2023

Yap’s Chocolate Viola a feast for the ears and the soul

classikON
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Daniel Brace
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October 22, 2023

A lovely concert in Melbourne - Melbourne Baroque Orchestra's “The many faces of Bach”

Bachtrack
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Sandra Bowdler
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September 22, 2023

Melbourne Baroque Orchestra celebrates Telemann

classikON
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Tony Prochazka
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December 7, 2022
“

Perfect program, exquisitely executed; Loved the exuberance of the Bach violin/oboe concerto, then the centering, sublime peace of the Lully"

Les Goûts Réunis
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October 2024
“

‍Thank you so much, like much-needed rain on a parched soul."

The Chocolate Viola
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October 2023
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‍That was absolutely WORLD CLASS… I loved the way the singer [Alexandra Toussaint Jackson] inhabited the mood, not breaking our immersion… Baroque music is so wonderful."

Klaglied
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September 2022
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Rejoice Melbourne music lovers: the MBO is back and judging from the sparkling delights on display in their opening concert of 2022, there are many treats in store this year.

★★★★ ½
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Vincent Plush
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Courting the Timpani
review
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February 2022

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