MCO 2026/27 Ticket Packages

VOICE. PLACE. CONNECTION.

In its 2026/27 season, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra is both steward and instigator — honouring tradition and actively reshaping how chamber orchestra is heard and experienced. Across eight concerts, the season centres unexpected connections: music inspired by paintings, water systems, sacred texts, literary adventures, lived cultural memory, and the elemental force of movement. We invite you to join us for our 2026/27 season and experience the intimacy and connection of live music.

Subscribe here on Showpass or contact our box office at info@themco.ca or (204) 783-7377.

Subscription Package Pricing

8 Pack Section A - $333	6 Pack Section A - $265	3 Pack Section A - $133
8 Pack Section B - $250	6 Pack Section B - $199	3 Pack Section B - $99

Choose a subscription package of 8, 6, or 3 tickets and get up to 20% off our regular ticket price! All packages are subject to GST and platform fees. 

Subscribers enjoy exclusive benefits, including:

• Our best value (8 pack) or flexibility at a great price (3 or 6 pack)
• MCO Listening Club membership
• Access to special subscriber events
• Access to additional concert tickets at a 20% discount
• Free ticket exchanges and transfers
• Plus, subscribers are MCO members! As an MCO member, you’re invited to attend and vote in our AGM.

Accessible Ticket Pricing

To help make live music accessible to more people, MCO offers:

• Reduced price tickets for arts workers, including musicians, administrators, educators, and technicians working in music and the arts
• Reduced price tickets for people living on EIA, EIA Disability, CPP, or other fixed incomes
• Reduced price Under 30 tickets — perfect for students and young adults!
• Free tickets for children 12 and under attending with an adult — bring the family!

These ticket types are available for individual concerts only and are not offered with season subscription packages or MCOpen dress rehearsals.

To access these ticket options, visit the concert you'd like to attend on our Showpass page and select the appropriate ticket type when adding tickets to your cart.
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Manitoba Chamber Orchestra 2026/27 Season

1 / GILDED INDULGENCE
7:30pm, Wednesday, September 23
Crescent Arts Centre
Rose Naggar-Tremblay, contralto & singer-songwriter
Anne Manson, conductor

Drawn from contralto Rose Naggar-Tremblay’s acclaimed album Händel Gourmand, this concert revels in the sensuality and drama of Handel’s vocal writing while tracing its spirit into contemporary music.

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G. F. Handel
Semele, Hence, Iris, hence away
Theodora, As with rosy steps the morn
Hercules, Dissembling false…. Cease ruler of the day to rise
Hercules, Where shall I fly
Alcina, Vorrei vendicarmi del porfido cor
Giulio Cesare, Priva son d’ogni conforto
Ariodante, Dover, giustizia, amor
Serse, Ombra mai fu

F. J. Haydn
Symphony No. 28

Rose Naggar-Tremblay
Two songs

2 / THE WAY OF WATER
7:30pm, Wednesday, November 4
Desautels Concert Hall
Florian Hoefner Jazz Quartet
Alexandre Da Costa, conductor

A sweeping, immersive collaboration exploring water as beauty, memory, and climate. Blending the improvisation of jazz with orchestral colour, this major Canadian work invites audiences into a powerful sonic reflection on environmental change.
Presented with Jazz Winnipeg

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Florian Hoefner
Aerial Rivers

Quinsin Nachoff
Tides

Florian Hoefner
Force of Nature

Quinsin Nachoff
Sterna Paradisae

Florian Hoefner
AMOC

Quinsin Nachoff
Supercell

3 / PERPETUAL MOTION
7:30pm, Wednesday, December 9
Crescent Arts Centre
Stéphane Tétreault, cello
William Eddins, conductor

Fresh off a JUNO-nominated recording, cellist Stéphane Tétreault brings his dynamic presence to Airat Ichmouratov’s emotionally gripping Cello Concerto No. 1 — transforming paintings into sound with lush lyricism, folk colour, theatrical surprise, and virtuosic flair.

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Airat Ichmouratov
Cello Concerto No. 1 

Karen Sunabacka
Born by the River (MCO commission reprise)   

Anna Clyne
Within Her Arms

Arvo Pärt
Fratres

4 / GLASS REFLECTIONS: THE HOURS
7:30pm, Thursday, February 18
Crescent Arts Centre
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Anne Manson, conductor

Part one of a two-concert tribute marking Philip Glass’s 90th year. A celebration of the contemporary canon, revisiting repertoire from the MCO’s acclaimed 2012 recording that helped define the orchestra’s artistic identity.

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Philip Glass
Suite from The Hours   

Philip Glass
Symphony No. 3 

5 / GLASS REFLECTIONS: THE SEASONS
7:30pm, Wednesday, February 24
Crescent Arts Centre
Kerson Leong, violin
Anne Manson, conductor

The second part of our Philip Glass celebration features the return of one of Canada’s leading violinists in the sweeping lyricism and driving momentum of the Violin Concerto No. 2, bringing The American Four Seasons vividly to life.

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Arvo Pärt
Summa

Arvo Pärt
Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten 

Tarik O’Regan
Triptych: III. From Heaven Distilled a Clemency

Philip Glass
Violin Concerto No. 2, The American Four Seasons

6 / SKY DANCES
7:30pm, Wednesday, March 17
Room 201 at The Forks
V.J. Sparvier-Wells, flute & hoop dancer

An immersive evening where music, movement, and memory come together through the work of Cree artist V.J. Sparvier-Wells. Blending flute, hoop dance, and chamber orchestra, this program draws on the sounds, landscapes, and experiences of the Prairies.

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V. J. Sparvier-Wells
Concerto for Hoop Dancer and Orchestra 

Connor Chee
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra

Jonny Greenwood
Suite from There Will Be Blood

7 / TILTING AT WINDMILLS
7:30pm, Wednesday, April 7
Crescent Arts Centre
Vincent Lauzer, recorder
Aisslinn Nosky, leader/concertmaster

A program rooted in musical storytelling, featuring recorder virtuoso Vincent Lauzer. From battlefield drama to literary adventure and Celtic evocation to contemporary reflection, this concert reveals the Baroque as vivid narrative theatre, rich with character and imagination.
Presented with the Winnipeg Baroque Festival

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H. I. F. Biber
Battalia à 10  

Vivian Fung
Baroque Melting

Crispin Ward
Celtic Concerto for Recorder and Strings 

G. P. Telemann
Burlesque de Quichotte (Don Quixote Suite) 

8 / VOX SACRA
7:30pm, Wednesday, May 19
Within the walls of the St. Boniface Cathedral
Andriana Chuchman, soprano, and Cameron Shahbazi, countertenor
Anne Manson, conductor

Set within the ruins of St. Boniface Cathedral, this season finale features Winnipeg’s own Andriana Chuchman in a homecoming performance alongside Persian-Canadian countertenor Cameron Shahbazi. Together, they bring Pergolesi’s emotionally charged Stabat Mater into dramatic relief.

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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Stabat Mater

All programs are subject to change

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Buy your package here on Showpass, or contact our box office at info@themco.ca or (204) 783-7377.

The MCO offers two seating sections at Crescent Arts Centre: A and B (see seating map).