Exquisite Harmonies From The Marais Project
September 22 @ 2:00 pm
The Marais Project presents Exquisite Harmonies, a selection of music for viol and harpsichord performed by viol expert Jennifer Eriksson and harpsichordist Anthony Abouhamad.
The program includes suites and sonatas for viola da gamba by Telemann and Carl Friedrich Abel along with the Grand Suites of several French baroque composers Jenny has assembled. Anthony will also present music for for solo harpsichord by Telemann and Couperin.
The harpsichord and the 7-string viola da gamba typify the early music revolution of recent decades. Unlike the violin and brass families whose members evolved but remained in use across the 17th to 20th centuries, the viol and the harpsichord had all but disappeared by the late 1700s. They returned to concert stages in the 1960s and 70s and have not left the podium since! Over the years they have built their own fan base of admirers.
The duo met as members of one of Eriksson’s Musica Viva in Schools ensembles, they continued to perform together regularly over the years. Most recently, Anthony appeared on The Marais Project’s ‘Australian Monody’ album playing the chamber organ. Eriksson initially studied the cello at Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Similarly, Abouhamad started learning the piano but became interested in the fortepiano and harpsichord also at the Sydney Conservatorium. At different times both Anthony and Jenny undertook graduate studies in The Netherlands, returning to Sydney to make their respective careers here. Anthony has recently completed a PhD.
Tickets $45/30 children & students $20