by philip | Dec 31, 2020 | Blog, Elysian Fields, Maris Project Concerts
The photo I have included is of me in front of an iPhone camera, it summarises the year about to pass – lots of Zoom meetings, Zoom concerts, phone calls and endless emails! I feel very lucky in this most difficult year to have been able to transfer some of...
by philip | Dec 31, 2020 | Blog, Elysian Fields, Marin Marais, Uncategorized
I’ve had an interesting and productive last few weeks with a Marais Project concert for Sydney Living Museums and a Marais recording session for a future video we are making. I’ve also completed a massive project compiling a Playlist of all the female viol...
by philip | Jul 21, 2020 | Blog, Commissions and New Music, Elysian Fields, Uncategorized
‘Fika’ is out and positive feedback is growing rapidly Elysian Fields new CD, ‘Fika’ (pron. ‘fee-ka’) is already getting some great feedback. I’ve written a short article about the CD for CutCommon magazine describing our vision for this collection of music from, and...
by philip | Jun 7, 2020 | Blog, Marin Marais, Uncategorized
Some great news! On Wednesday June 17 at 7pm The Marais Project will appear in an on-line concert for Melbourne Digital Concert Hall. Full information here...
by philip | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog, General, Marin Marais, Uncategorized
I hope everyone who reads this is doing well. I am so pleased to see our Covid-19 infection rates continue to be relatively low, but I really feel for those places in the world where there is still a real struggle against the disease. I do realise that we cannot take...
by philip | May 18, 2020 | Blog, General, Marin Marais
I hope that you are enjoying some new found freedoms as we gradually and carefully open up society again – including the music and performing arts sector. Artists versus sports people – the false dichotomy It has saddened me a little to see some well-meaning and no...