by philip | Nov 17, 2011 | Blog, General, Maris Project Concerts
We’ve just started a new CD which has made us reflect a little on why we actually bother to record at all. The process of making a recording has little relationship to a conventional performance. There you are, sitting in an air conditioned room behind two sets...
by philip | Oct 21, 2011 | Blog, General
Last night I had the pleasure of being an invited guest at a Music Viva fundraiser which took place at a restaurant down in Hickson Rd, the Rocks (Sydney). Guest artist and performer was the wonderful English pianist Stephen Hough who I actually got to meet and speak...
by philip | Oct 8, 2011 | Blog, Maris Project Concerts
Concert preview by Jennifer Eriksson Our final Marais Project concert for 2011 is a celebration of our instruments as much as the music we are presenting. Back in 2002 I became the proud owner of a viola da gamba by Reinhard Ossenbrunner, one of the world’s finest...
by philip | Sep 30, 2011 | Blog, Commissions and New Music
Australian composer Rosalind Page has a growing reputation for her beautifully crafted works. She has a particular affinity for the voice and is also known for her growing body of music for early music ensembles and performers including Ironwood, lutenist Tommie...
by philip | Sep 30, 2011 | Blog, Non classical music
This week we went to see a New Orleans jazz show at the Sydney Opera House featuring John Cleary and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. It was a fantastic show and a great reminder of what so many classical music performances have lost: energy, exuberance, risk taking,...
