David Matthews-Little Pastorale
David Matthews-Little Pastorale Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Stradivari 1698-Joachim) Outtake-29-06-2011 (Recording Engineer-Jonathan Haskell {Astounding Sounds})
David Matthews-Little Pastorale Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Stradivari 1698-Joachim) Outtake-29-06-2011 (Recording Engineer-Jonathan Haskell {Astounding Sounds})
October 23, 2011
Paganini Caprice 6 Paganini-Caprice 13 Paganini-Caprice 20 Paganini-Caprice 23 Paganini Caprice 24 Paganini Caprice ‘Adieu a Londres’ Paganini Caprice ‘Nel Cor piu non mi sento'( Magdeburg Version)
October 22, 2011
Revolution LINK to Viotti in Washington The French revolution depended on music, and musicians, to spread its message, like no political movement before. For hundreds of years, the Church had relied on music for its propagandising; choir schools had trained generations of young singers and instrumentalists. With the early Revolution, the Church and the officer […]
October 22, 2011
His Violin Link to Viotti-Suonata For most of the time, the violin hangs, alone, gently glowing in the corner of the gallery on the Marylebone Road. The light is set just high enough that the visitor can register its exquisite colouration, low enough that the tramonto that is this instrument’s ‘ground’ is not at risk […]
October 22, 2011
Viotti & the Revolutionary Violin in Washington Lecture Recital given at the Library of Congress- May 9th 2009 Peter Sheppard Skaerved playing Violins by Stradivari (Castelbarco, Betts), del Gesu (Kreisler), & W E Hill and Sons Click on the ‘play’ arrows to hear the lecture recital in sequence, or the highlighted links in the boxes for related […]
October 20, 2011
Paganini in Washington. A long term collaboration with the collections of the Library of Congress-Washington Paganini never visited America, although the subject of a tour came up a number of times. Letter from J Watson. New York, 8 November 1835, ‘Invitation to America. “We await the pleasure of seeing you in America where I pray […]
October 20, 2011
Giovanni Battista Viotti-Suonata Suonata: coll’accompagnamento d’un basso per esser ambedue parti suonate par un violino solo Live Performance. Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Stradivari ‘Betts’ Library of Congress, Washington DC May 9th 2009 The violinists of the revolutionary generation produced a large number of works for solo violin without basso continuo or chamber accompaniment. They provided the impetus […]
October 20, 2011
Michael Woldemar-Rêve 1 Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Stradivari ‘Betts’ Library of Congress Washington (Coolidge Auditorium) ‘Objet de mon amour Je te demande un jour Avant l’aurore’ (Gluck) Michael Woldemar-Rêve 5 Peter Sheppard Skaervved-Richard Duke ca. 1750, ‘Tartini’ bow by Antonino Airenti 2011 The Conservatoire ‘troika’ was not alone in writing a Méthode. At the same moment, the […]
October 20, 2011
On Wednesday 19th, at the Library of Congress I was handed this wonderful document from their collections-a rather alarming recipe for Ravioli! Food was very important to Paganini, and particularly Genovese cuisine. In his letters, from the time he left Italy for the first time in 1828, it is a theme that returns again and again. […]
October 17, 2011
THIS JUST IN! Monday 17th September.A few days ago I received a package and postcard from David Matthews: The postcard, dated 11-October 2011, incluldes the following-“Here is a another trifle which may amuse you. I wrote a 34th Diabelli Variation for piano mnore less in the stye of LvanB some time in the 1970s & […]
October 29, 2011