PRESENTS:

“Seaven Teares” Directed by the ensemble members

THE MARAIS PROJECT

Seaven Teares: Catherine Upex - treble viol | Shaun Ng - tenor viol | Jennifer Eriksson - treble viol & bass viol (viola da gamba) | Imogen Granwal – bass viol | With: Susie Bishop - voice |

Alice Chance – bass viol | Paul Cutlan - bass clarinet & guest composer

3.00pm Sunday 26th August 2012 | Sydney Conservatorium of Music

•JohnDowland (1563-1626) • Flowmytears • Whoeverthinksor hopesofloveforlove

•HenryPurcell (1659 – 1695) • Fantasia • FairestIsle

•Jean-BaptisteLully (1632 –1687) • Prelude(transcribed forviolconsort byJenniferEriksson)

• AirpourlaGloire (fromtheopera“Alceste”)

•MarinMarais (1656-1728) • MarchepourletMatelots fortheopera“Alcione” (transcribedforviolconsort byJenniferEriksson)

•PaulCutlan (1964 - ) • TimesPast(Commissioned withthesupportofFather ArthurBridgeandArsMusica Australis)

•Anon. (early1600s,SouthAmerica) • Hanacpachapcusicuinin

•AnthonyHolborne (c.1545-1602)–DanceSuite • Galliard:Wanton • Almaine:Thefruitoflove • Galliard:TheFairie-round • Almaine:TheChoise • Galliard:Asitfellonaholie Eve

PROGRAM

“SeavenTeares”takesitsnamefromafamouspiecebyJohnDowland,therenownedEnglishcomposer.DowlandlivedandworkedinEnglandaroundthetimeofQueenElizabeth,beforeEnglishspellingwasstandardised.“SeavenTeares”isthustheoldspellingof“SevenTears”.DowlandandtheothercomposersweplaytodaywroteagreatdealofbeautifulandsophisticatedmusicforviolconsortwhichsoundsveryfreshtoourearseventhoughsomeworksarequiteancientintermsofWesternmusic.Inthisprogramweliterallytakeatourthroughseveralcenturiesofmusicforviolconsortfromthe1500sto2012.Thelatterisrepresentedby,Times Past,composedbyPaulCutlan.PaulwilljoinustoimprovisethebassclarinetpartinhisworkwhichwesuspectmightbeanAustralianfirstcombinationofinstruments!Theviolconsorthaditshighpointduringtherenaissanceandtheearlybaroqueandisquitedistinctininstrumentaltoneand

repertoirecomparedtoitmostobviouscomparator,theclassical-erastringquartet.Ourinstrumentsarebynaturemoresoftlyspokenandmoregiventocontrapuntalmusicthantheviolinfamily.Inaddition,theviolshavesixorsevensheepgutstringsandofcoursewebow“underarm”.Thevarietyofmusicwepresentinthisconcertwillenabletheaudiencetogetasenseoftheconsort’swideexpressiverange.Inaddition,wehavealsotranscribedseveralworksforconsortincludingpiecesbyMaraisandthegreatoperaandballetcomposer,Lully,whowasMarais’employeratthecourtofLouisXIV.WearethankfultoChristopherKeaneforarrangingthelovely20thcenturysong“Hewasbeautiful”,madefamousbyCleoLaine,forourensemble.AswithPaulCutlan’s“TimesPast”,wethinkitfitsverywellonviolsbutletusknowwhatyouthinkaftertheconcert!

Jennifer Eriksson on behalf of Shaun, Imogen and Cathy

•CristóbaldeMorales (c.1500–1553) • OfficiumDefunctorum

•JohnBull (1562or63–1628) • Fantasia

•StanleyMyers (1930-1993) • Hewasbeautiful/ Cavatina(arranged forviolconsortby ChristopherKeane)

JenniferEriksson completedherinitialmusicalstudiesattheNSWStateConservatoriumofMusicstudyingmusiceducationandcellowithBarbaraWoolley.ShesubsequentlystudiedthevioladagambawithJaapterLindenattheRotterdamConservatoriumforthreeyearswhereshecompletedpost-graduatestudiesinbaroquemusic.ShefoundedTheMaraisProjectin2000andalsodirectstheMusicaVivainSchoolsensemble,SoundsBaroque.JenniferiswidelyrecognisedasoneofAustralia’sbestknownandmostversatilevioladagambists.

ImogenGranwalgainedaDiplomaandPostGraduateDiplomaofMusic(PerformanceCello)fromtheSydneyConservatoriumofMusicstudyingwiththelateLoisSimpson.HerinterestinvioladagambawasawakenedmanyyearsagoandsheisdelightedtobeperformingontheinstrumentwithanumberofensemblesincludingTheMaraisProjectandSeavenTeares.ShehashadlessonswithJennyErikssonandDannyYeadonandiscurrentlycompletingapostgraduatedegreeonthevioladagambaatSydneyConservatorium.

ShaunNgmovedfromSingaporetoEuropein1999tostudyinstrumentalperformance(violinandvioladagamba)withseveraloftheleadingpractitionersofearlymusic.In2000,ShaunfoundedtheearlymusicensembleMusicaObscura(Singapore),whichhedirecteduntilthegroupdisbandedin2004whenhemovedtoPerth,WesternAustralia.In2010,ShaunwonanAustralianPostgraduateAwardtopursuehisDoctorofMusicalArtsdegreeattheSydneyConservatoriumofMusic.Skilledonanumberofinstruments,heperformsregularlywithTheMaraisProjectandmanyotherensembles.

CatherineUpexcompletedherBachelorofMusic(Honours)atSydneyUniversityin1997,performingtheSaint-Saëns‘celloconcertowiththeSydneyUniversityOrchestra.ShehasperformedwithTheRenaissancePlayers,theConservatoriumBaroqueOrchestra,Salút,theSydneyConsort,Lautetia,LaFolia,theOperaProject,JosieandtheEmeraldsandZarabanda.CatherineisafoundermemberofTheMaraisProjectandappearsonallthreeMaraisProjectCDs.

SusieBishoptrainedasanactressattheUniversityofWollongongwhereshefellinlovewithoperatictechniqueasatooltoimprovehervoicesoastosinganystylehealthily.ShecontinuedhervocalstudiesinOperawithaMastersattheRoyalNorthernCollegeofMusic.Susieisactiveasasoloclassicalrecitalist,choirsinger,folkartistandisamemberoftheWorldMusic/jazzband,Chaika.

AliceChance iscurrentlyenrolledasacompositionstudentatSydneyConservatorium.ShecompletedherHSCatMLCBurwoodin2011,herstudiesincludingcompositionandperformance.InMarch2012AlicewasthefirstevervioladagambisttoappearattheHSCEncoreProgramattheSydneyOperaHousewheresheplayedherowncomposition.AlicestudiesvioladagambawithJenniferEriksson.

PaulCutlanisoneofAustralia’sbestknownhornplayersandisequallyathomeonclarinet,bassclarinetandsaxophones.OriginallytrainedatTasmanianConservatoriumofmusicinclassicalclarinetandcomposition,PaulworkswithleadingensemblesandartistssuchasMara!,TenPartInvention,JamesMorrison,JudyBailey,SteveHunters’NineLives,CraigScottQuintet,ClarionFractureZoneandWanderlust.HeiscurrentlycompletingaMasterofCompositiondegreeatSydneyConservatorium.Thisisthefirsttimehehascomposedfor,andperformedwith,viols.

FatherArthurBridgeandArsMusicaAustralisforassistanceincommissioningPaulCutlan;ClivePagetatFishFineMusic;AllianceFrancaise,Sydney;TheAustralianVioladaGambaAssociation;NSWEarlyMusicAssociation;2MBSFM;JuliaLester:ABCFM;TheLeadingPartnership:PhilipPogson,NigelWildandMargiDoyle;JanMarshallandherstaffatSydneyConservatorium;LibbyGreigfromElizabethGreigPublicAffairs;JBandthecrewatTheWeeklyTimes,Ryde;JenatCopiworldNorthSydneyforprogramdesignandprinting.

BIOGRAPHIES

THANKYOUTO:

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Join us for our final 2012 concert at 3pm, Sunday 11th November, 2012 when Jenny Eriksson and lutenist Tommie Andersson explore their “Swedish Roots”. Works by “The father of Swedish music” Johan Helmich Roman, songs by the poet Carl Michael Bellman and a trio sonata by Marais.