marriner festival - the artists

William Hennessy

Hennessy’s vitality and love for music are expressed in his performance and reflected in the precision and warmth of the orchestra under his direction - to the delight of audiences. In the acoustic of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall he finds his natural home; under Marriner’s baton, a fresh field for old friends.

Andrew Marriner

‘Few clarinettists of what ever generation pour forth such an even flow of warm, consistent sound . . . in the slow movement the peaches and cream sound of Marriner caresses the ear.’

The Guardian

Jacqueline Porter

Jacqueline has attracted an opera of supporters for her spirited and beautiful performances with MCO, first of Calvin Bowman’s song cycle of time and seasons in 2007 and latterly of Benjamin Britten’s ‘Les illuminations’. A star in the making, on the world stage, in Melbourne.