The Marais Project, directed by Jennifer Eriksson on her viola da gamba, presented a rare concert of some of the finest Elizabethan-era songs.IIt was first streamed by the Australian Digital Concert Hall and then a live performance the following day …
For more than 30 years now I have been exploring the music of the French baroque, and particularly the music of that era written for the viola da gamba. This is not the kind of artistic passion that brings with …
Old meets New when The Marais Project launches its 2021 season.
Fresh from a successful appearance on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall, and the release of their new recording, ‘Two’, The Marais Project launches its 2021 Season with a distinctive pairing …
The latest CD release on Move Records, The Garden Party (MCD 592) from The Marais Project is the group’s seventh to date, celebrating its twentieth anniversary. For two decades, viola da gamba player Jennifer Eriksson has passionately led this early-music-ensemble-with-a-difference. …
A very exciting and quite intriguing concert formed the latest of the Prelude in Tea series, The Marais Project and Elysian Fields in TIMES AND SEASONS .
The first half celebrated the twenty years since The Marais Project was founded …
On May 31, 2019, the great viola da gambist and composer, Marin Marais turns 363. From the point of view of Sydney, Australia, where I live and work, what are we to make of him and his legacy?
This year, …
“I didn’t think we would last 12 months, let alone two decades”, says Jenny Eriksson, founder of The Marais Project, one of the few Australian ensembles built around the viola da gamba, a rare 7 string cello-like instrument …
The release of WHAT SHOULD I SAY, by Elysian Fields, Australia’s only electric viola da gamba band, heralds the creation of a new and unique musical voice.
Elysian Fields is the brainchild of viola da gambist, Jenny Eriksson, …
Any concert event from The Marais Project is joyous as well as being a richly educational and diverse entertainment. ‘A Bass Affair’ at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music celebrated this tradition and historically informed performance goals. Gambist Jennifer Eriksson once …
Most early music fans are aware that the viola da gamba is also known as the bass viol. It is less well known, perhaps, that there is also such an instrument as the …