by philip | Feb 11, 2019 | Blog, Elysian Fields, Maris Project Concerts, Non classical music
Dear friends, I hope that you had a wonderful break of some time over Christmas and New Year. I spent quite a bit of time on the beach and with family and am now back practicing and organising for the year to come. 20 Year Anniversary Year As you may be aware, in 2019...
by philip | Jun 6, 2018 | Blog, Marin Marais, Maris Project Concerts
To our June 17 program, A Bass Affair we are back in our heartland, the French baroque. And what could be more French than the bass viol, bass violin, lutes and voice performing the works of Philidor, Ballad, Marais, Charpentier and Montéclair, amongst others? As with...
by philip | May 23, 2018 | Blog, Marin Marais, Maris Project Concerts
Featuring Bass Viol and Bass Violin What: The Marais Project with bass violinist, Tim Blomfield When: 3.00pm June 17, 2018 Where: Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie St, Sydney Cost: $38 $22 and $15 Tickets:...
by philip | May 23, 2018 | Blog, Marin Marais, Maris Project Concerts
From the comfort of hindsight, we are easily given to idealized notions of life prior to the 21st century whirl of cars, planes computers and mobile phones that we know so well. The hard reality of life in past epochs is, however, far from any romantic ideal. A case...
by philip | Jun 17, 2017 | Blog, Maris Project Concerts
Two of Sydney’s finest early music ensembles, The Marais Project and The Muffat Collective, in a once-off collaboration! Music by: Jean-Baptiste Lully – “Prologue” from Armide “tragédie en musique” (1686) Marc – Antoine Charpentier (1643 – 1704) – Suite in...
by philip | Jan 17, 2017 | Blog, General, Marin Marais, Maris Project Concerts
Last night I heard that Ben Hall (1935-2017) had passed away. Ben was a painter, an artist, a musician and a luthier (instrument maker). He was good at everything he did. You may never have heard of him but the Sydney Morning Herald published an on-line and printed...
