Jenny Eriksson: “We make art, even in a crisis”
BY JENNY ERIKSSON, FOUNDER OF ELYSIAN FIELDS My Swedish grandfather, a working-class merchant seaman from Stockholm, stepped off a ship in Melbourne in the 1920s. […]
Elysian Fields
An interview with electric bassist and composer Siebe Pogson
BY PHILIP POGSON This is a father-son interview. How lovely is that? Since its first performance three years ago, Elysian Fields – Australia’s only […]
Australia’s first electric viola da gamba CD
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE If you want to be part of something new, check out this Australian Cultural Fund campaign. Elysian Fields is the only […]
Learn about the fête champêtre with Jenny Eriksson
BY JENNY ERIKSSON, ELYSIAN FIELDS FOUNDER A fête champêtre was a form of 18th Century entertainment, a kind of upmarket garden party. It was […]
Siebe Pogson on being a rockstar and composing for Mum
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Siebe Pogson is perhaps one of the most multi-talented young musicians on the scene. The accompanist/piano teacher/electric bass player/composer grew up […]
Essential facts about electric viola da gamba
BY JENNY ERIKSSON Jenny Eriksson plays a unique instrument. That’s not an overstatement – her electric viola da gamba really is the only one […]
Elysian Fields: Electrifying the viola da gamba
BY SAMUEL COTTELL If it ain’t Baroque, don’t fix it. It might seem an old and well accepted phrase. But for new music, it […]