Elliott Schartz-‘Tapestry’ November 3rd 2006 Library of Congress Nicole Johnson-Cello (Stradivari ‘Castelbarco’), Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Guarneri del Gesu ‘Kreisler’), Aaron Shorr-Piano Recording courtesy LOC. With composer Elliott Schwartz, his wife, artist Deedee Schwartz, and writer Malene Skaerved. Portland, Maine-August 2011. Breakfast, and plotting more developments for our Jefferson/Cosway project ?
August 28, 2011
Americans in Paris:The Lost Generation ‘Miss Gertrude Stein as a Young Girl’ 25 11 17 Something new. Filmmaker Colin Still and I have made the first group of short films documenting solo violin works written by and for the ‘Lost Generation’ in Paris in the decades after WW1. Here’s a taste: Virgil Thomson’s ‘Miss Gertrude Stein as […]
August 23, 2011
Bach …. It is an awful truism to say that Bach is important to me. Ever since I played the whole cycle in one go at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, I have regularly performed the whole cycle-most enjoyably at Wiltons Music Hall or St Bartholomew the Great. I just don’t like talking about him […]
August 5, 2011
?Peter Fribbins-Faroese Fantasie March 18th 2011 (For Maria) incorporating the ballad ‘Sigmunds Kvæði’ Noregs menn,dansið væl í stillum; stillið tykkum allar, riddarar, Noregs men, dansið væl í stillum. Workshop recording-August 2011 Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin In Danish ‘at Kvæder’ is to talk on and on without stopping-an echo of its old meaning, to sing a long ballad of […]
August 29, 2011