The Sydney Consort launches its 2014 concerts with Con Amore, a programme of popular classics which highlight the viola d’amore and oboe d’amore, with strings flute and continuo. Opening the concert is JS Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050, followed by his Concerto for Oboe d’amore with soloist Jane Downer. Following this is a work by…
There are no fat ladies and the show is nowhere near over. In fact, this show has just begun, with the August launch of the eagerly anticipated CD Lady Sings the Viol. Gamba player Jenny Eriksson founder and Music Director of the gamba ensembleThe Marais Project is the anchor behind this latest venture in which she has gathered…
Abandon your notions regarding the viola da gamba when you listen to this recording, Lady Sings the Viol, from The Marais Project. In their 4th studio recording, the ensemble, led by gambist, founder and Music Director Jennifer Erkisson has gathered an ensemble of 5 female voices (Belinda Montgomery, Nicole Thomson, Megan Cronin, Narelle Evans, Mara Kiek)…