by philip | Jan 8, 2012 | Blog, Commissions and New Music, Maris Project Concerts
“The Marais Project” – (Jennifer Eriksson & Daniel Yeadon, violas da gamba; Tommie Andersson, theorbo; Belinda Montgomery, Narelle Evans & Mara Kiek, vocals); Recital Hall East, Sydney Conservatorium of music; 23/10/11 “Twins usually...
by philip | Nov 29, 2011 | Blog, General, Maris Project Concerts
Our latest CD Mara! meets Marais has arrived and will be available on-line in the next couple of days. This CD had its beginnings back in 2008 when The Marais Project, combined with 3 members of the Award-winning World Music/Folk ensemble Mara! in a cross-genre...
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 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 22, 2011 | Blog, Commissions and New Music, Maris Project Concerts
“The Ossenbrunner Twins” is a celebration of the fact that Australia is now home to two of the world’s finest viola da gambas. The concert’s title, “The Ossenbrunner Twins”, pays homage to Reinhard Ossenbrunner, the leading German viola da gamba maker who lives and...
by philip | Sep 6, 2011 | Blog, Maris Project Concerts
2.00pm Sunday 18th September, 2011 Presented by Moss Vale Uniting Church, cnr of Argyle and Spring St, Moss Vale (1.5hrs south of Sydney) What follows is an edited version of the program notes for the concert on 18 September. Southern Highlands Spring Concert Moss...
