Melbourne Bach Choir Inc

03/05/2026

Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil (Vespers, Op. 37).
Friday 12 June | 7:30pm 📍 St John’s Anglican Church, Camberwell
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🎶Described by our Artistic Director Rick Prakhoff, Conductor as music that “speaks magnificently across boundaries of language and faith,” this extraordinary work remains one of the great choral masterpieces. Composed in 1915, it continues to captivate audiences today.
Also featuring Ukrainian Art Songs by Yuliy Meitus
With soloists Belinda Paterson, Michael Petruccelli & Alexander Pokryshevsky.
With our Associate Artist Kathryn Pisani, piano.

28/04/2026

🎵Love great music and also a good time at rehearsal?
Melbourne Bach Choir is on the lookout for tenors and basses who want musical excellence and a choir that enjoys the journey.
Auditions are part of the process. But they’re friendly and supportive.
Step in and sing with us 🎶

09/04/2026

Thank-you classikON! Another wonderful review of our St Matthew Passion performance on Good Friday 2026. It means so much to have you attend and write such generous and thoughtful words.

Melbourne Bach Choir and Melbourne Baroque Orchestra | St Matthew Passion Johann Sebastian Bach 3 April 2026, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC with Ripieno Choir from The Yarra Voices Conductor, Rick Prakhoff Evangelist, Andrew Goodwin; Jesus, Adrian Tamburini; soprano, Lorina Gore; mezzo-soprano, Sall...

07/04/2026

Oh my, thank you Limelight for giving our St Matthew Passion concert on Good Friday 5 ⭐
We are so proud to share this wonderful review 😊
Rick Prakhoff, Conductor, Melbourne Baroque Orchestra, The Yarra Voices, Andrew Goodwin - Tenor, Sally-Anne Russell, Henry Choo Tenor, Christopher Hillier, Lorina Gore, Adrian Tamburini, Simon Meadows

Read the Limelight review.

07/04/2026

An enormous thank you to Classic Melbourne for attending, and for this wonderful review of our Good Friday performance.
"A huge credit to Prakhoff and the performers that they gave such a disciplined and nuanced reading of such a complex work"
"A more uplifting way to celebrate Easter would be hard to find."
Rick Prakhoff, Conductor, Melbourne Baroque Orchestra, The Yarra Voices, Andrew Goodwin - Tenor, Sally-Anne Russell, Adrian Tamburini, Lorina Gore, Henry Choo Tenor, Simon Meadows, Christopher Hillier

The St Matthew Passion was not only Bach’s most ambitious composition; it has also been the most ambitious undertaking by the Melbourne Bach Choir (MBC). Program notes by MBC’s Artistic Director and Conductor, Rick Prakhoff, suggest that it required a major act of faith for MBC to reprise a perf...

05/04/2026

🎶What a way to celebrate our 20th anniversary year, and what an extraordinary Good Friday! 🎉Thank you to everyone who joined us for our St Matthew Passion – a full house and even a few standing ovations made it an unforgettable day. Bravissimo and heartfelt thanks to our incredible soloists, the superb Melbourne Baroque Orchestra, the terrific The Yarra Voices ripieno choir, and to the MBC choristers, whose discipline and musicality shone throughout, under Rick Prakhoff, Conductor's baton.
And to Bach - whose music continues to inspire and move us three centuries after it was written.
Andrew Goodwin - Tenor, Sally-Anne Russell, Henry Choo Tenor, Christopher Hillier, Adrian Tamburini, Simon Meadows, Lorina Gore

27/03/2026

🎶 Thank you Melbourne! 🎶
Our Good Friday performance of St Matthew Passion is now completely SOLD OUT.
We’re thrilled to be sharing this extraordinary work with a full house as we mark 20 years of Melbourne Bach Choir. Thank you to everyone who has booked. We look forward to welcoming you for what promises to be a deeply moving afternoon.
If you missed out, we’d love to see you later this year:
• Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil (12 June, St John’s Camberwell)
• Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem & Szymanowski Stabat Mater (11 September, Melbourne Recital Centre)
Tickets available now. See www.mbc.asn.au
Rick Prakhoff, Conductor ,
Melbourne Bach Choir's performance of St Matthew Passion proudly features Andrew Goodwin, Adrian Tamburini, Lorina Gore, Sally-Anne Russell, Henry Choo, Simon Meadows & Christopher Hillier, with Melbourne Baroque Orchestra and The Yarra Voices

08/01/2026

🎉 Melbourne Bach Choir turns 20! Celebrate with us starting Good Friday, 3 April, 2:30 pm at the Melbourne Recital Centre with Bach’s monumental St Matthew Passion.
Tickets: www.melbournerecital.com.au
And hold these dates for all our concerts in our milestone year: 12 June – Rachmaninov & Ukrainian Art Songs, 11 Sept – Brahms & Szymanowski with Zelman Symphony, 5 Dec – our joyful Christmas Fanfare.
Young singers 18–30: MBC Scholarships now open!
Details: www.mbc.asn.au/scholarship/

17/12/2025

🎶 Calling emerging young singers!
If you’re looking for a year of artistic growth, performance opportunities, and professional guidance, apply for our 2026 Youth Choral Scholarships! As we celebrate our 20th anniversary, we’re offering up to 8 scholarships of $2,000 each, for singers aged 18–30. Scholars rehearse regularly, perform major works with both the Melbourne Bach Choir and Melbourne Bach Chamber Choir, and participate in our February workshop. Contact [email protected] Rick Prakhoff, Conductor