Reviews
Album Review: Exquisite Harmonies/ The Marais Project/Move Records
The Marais Project’s Exquisite Harmonies, a new release on the Move Records label is a celebration of music by some of the…
Tag: Jenny Eriksson
Elysian Fields Fuses North And South, Jazz And Classical
Acclaimed Norwegian jazz pianist and composer Jan Gunnar Hoff will make his Australian debut in two Sydney concerts in October in collaboration with Sydney-based ensemble Elysian Fields.
The Marais Project Pays Tribute To Tommie Andersson
The Marais Project presents The Fantastical Life of Daniel Solander, a tribute to Swedish-Australian lutenist, Tommie Andersson.
Marais Project And Duo Langborn/Wendel On Tour
The Marais Project and Duo Langborn/Wendel present Nordic moods and baroque echoes combing Swedish folk music, works from the baroque and several original compositions/arrangements. The tour takes in Sydney, Berrima, Dungog, Wauchope and Tea Gardens during February 2023.
The Marais Project Performs Dowland
The Marais Project presents a selection of the finest English songs in ‘A Pilgrime’s Solace: Dowland’s last songs & Danyel’s funeral tears.’ Featuring tenor Koen van Stade with lutenist Tommie Andersson and Jenny Eriksson playing the viola da gamba, the concerts celebrate the extraordinary composer and lutenist, John Dowland (1563–1626) whose popularity endures nearly 400 years after he died.
The Song Company: Song, Light and Movement in Arms Of Love
Buxtehude’s monumental meditation on suffering and the human body reimagined with contemporary Indigenous choreography from Karul Projects, and a major new Australian work from Chris Williams, setting words by Behrouz Boochani.
Bach Akademie Australia Presents The Weapons of Rhetoric
Bach Akademie Australia’s The Weapons of Rhetoric concerts in June feature not only Bach’s celebrated Double Violin Concerto, but also writer-actor Jonathan Biggins and urbane rhetorician Jonathan Horton QC, one of Australia’s outstanding legal brains, as guest presenter-performers. The duo will demonstrate the art of rhetoric and the relationship between speech and music in theatrical debate interwoven throughout the program.
Refugee Poet Jalal Mahamede And Keyna Wilkins’ Album Launch ‘Set Me Free’
Set Me Free is a collaborative album from poet-artist and 9 years imprisoned Iranian refugee Jalal Mahamede and Australian Art Music Award…
Elysian Fields On Melbourne Digital Concert Hall
Elysian Fields, Australia’s only electric viola da gamba ensemble, bring their genre-defying blend of classical, jazz, and world music to Melbourne Digital Concert Hall in a profoundly moving exploration of ensemble leader Jenny Eriksson’s Swedish heritage. Featuring exquisite arrangements of Swedish folk songs, music by leading Scandinavian composers and materials by band members inspired by the Far North.
The Marais Project – The Art Of Monody
The Marais Project’s next concert, ‘The Art of Monody’ features a new piece by Gordon Kerry, with music by Handel, Isaac Nathan, Marin Marais, Lew and Mara Kiek and Monteverdi.