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 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,...
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...
by philip | Aug 14, 2011 | Blog, Marin Marais
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 in...
