BY CUTCOMMON
It’s a bittersweet year for the annual 3MBS Marathon.
We’ll start with the sweet: 2022 marks its 10 year anniversary!
For the past decade, this Melbourne institution has brought together some of the brightest talent in our performing arts industry. Artistic director Chris Howlett says the marathon is “a celebration of the power of the Melbourne music community and 3MBS volunteers, staff and board and one that artists and audience look forward to every year”.
That’s where the bitter is mixed with the sweet: Chris is bidding farewell.
You’ll still find him on the scene as co-director of the Australian Digital Concert Hall, but when it comes to the 3MBS Marathon, it’s time to say goodbye. And he’s going out with a bang worthy of the 1812 Overture.
This year, Chris has curated a Tchaikovsky Marathon featuring more than 150 Melbourne musicians. They’ll perform across five main concerts in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, and a suite of chamber recitals in the Primrose Potter Salon. If you can’t make it to the venues, you can watch digitally on ADCH.
You can explore the finer details of this 19 February affair on the 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne website. In the meantime, you might like to join us in a reflection of the 3MBS Marathon throughout the decade. We’ve teamed up with 3MBS to bring you some of the memorable moments in our gallery below.
3MBS Board members embracing the marathon. (2013) 
3MBS presenter Mark Shepheard (2013). Credit Dan Rotman. 
Stefan Cassomenos (2013). Credit Dan Rotman. 
Firebird Trio (2014). Credit Dan Rotman. 
Wilma Smith (2014). Credit Dan Rotman. 
Elyane Laussade (2015). Credit Keith Burrows. 
Ensemble Liaison (2015). Credit Keith Burrows. 
Jenny Khafagi and Sonya Lifschitz (2016). 
Staff behind the scenes of the 3MBS Marathon (2016). 
Charlotte Miles (2017). Credit Keith Burrows. 
Mozart Minors (2017). Credit Keith Burrows. 
Doug Beecroft, Jessica Carrascalao Heard, and Frank Parin (2018). Credit Naomi Holman. 
Gintaute Gataveckaite (2018). Credit Keith Burrows. 
A child conducts at the Youth Program (2019). Credit Naomi Holman. 
Christian Li with Laurence Matheson (2019). Credit Naomi Holman. 
Tim Hannah with Jessica Carrascalao Heard at the 3MBS Marathon (2019). Credit Naomi Holman. 
Soprano Zara Barrett, Corpus Medicorum and conductor Keith Crellin (2019). Credit Keith Burrows. 
Australian String Quartet (2020). Credit Keith Burrows. 
Patrons and board members of 3MBS (2020). Credit Keith Burrows. 
Chris Howlett (2021). Credit Keith Burrows. 
Rohan de Korte (2021). Credit Keith Burrows. 
William Hennessy with the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra (2021). Credit Keith Burrows.
Images supplied.
