Celebrating Mendelssohn, Trandafilovski and Bram at Wiltons
Celebrating Mendelssohn, Trandafilovski and Bram at Wiltons (in preparation) 6th June 2012 Wiltons Music Hall
Celebrating Mendelssohn, Trandafilovski and Bram at Wiltons (in preparation) 6th June 2012 Wiltons Music Hall
March 31, 2012
Select Preludes and Vollentaries for the Violin (Pub. Walsh and Hart, London 1705) Link to Torelli and Anne Finch‘ Workshop recordings: Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violins (Stradivari & Duke, Bows by Airenti) Wapping/Baltimore April 2012 No 2 Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)- E minor Prelude No 15 Signr Vital Junr (Tomaso Antonio Vitali)1663-1745-D minor Prelude No 16 Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667 – […]
March 30, 2012
Elliott Schwartz-‘Graffiti’ Workshop Page LINK TO SCHWARTZ IN CONVERSATION The composer writes: ‘This piece is a thoroughly revised version of an earlier piece (with the same title) orignally composed in 1967. it is dedicated, with great affection, to Peter Sheppard Skaerved and his son Marius. Provisonal mix-up: (Marius and Peter Sheppard Skaerved -violins) Workshop session […]
March 29, 2012
The Quartet Now Peter Sheppard Skærved Kreutzer Quartet (Peter Sheppard Skærved, Neil Heyde, Morgan Goff, Mihailo Trandafilovski) Never before has there been such richness and diversity of new works written for string quartet. The Kreutzer Quartet, dedicatees of hundreds of works by composers of all generations, stands at the centre of a truly eclectic flowering […]
March 29, 2012
Casts Courts -New Project at the V & A September 14th 2012 7.3opm Cast Courts Victoria and Albert Museum,Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin Guest Artist-Carly Lake-Horn Peter has collaborated with the V & A twice before, giving lecture/performances linked to the ‘Baroque’ and ‘Cult of Beauty’ Exhibits. However, this event will mark […]
March 28, 2012
David Matthews-Works for Solo Violin Peter Sheppard Skærved February 2012 In the winter of 1993, I was preparing a series of Bach concerts for Taiwan and Japan. The rehearsals took place in a dark and cold church in North London. My friend Arajit Chakravarty, who was playing in the group, came up to me […]
March 26, 2012
Ansgar Beste & Peter Sheppard Skaerved Workshop Norwegian Music Academy – Oslo 26th March 2012 Extract 1-pizzicato (on Bartok, Biber, Ligeti, Stockhausen, Elgar, Glasounov. NB-note contribution from cellist Tanja Orning:Extract 2-battuto (on Finnissy, Lachenmann, guitarists, Crumb, chopsticks, thermometers, and knitting needles…): Link to another Workshop series. Nashville London Feb/Mar 2012
March 19, 2012
All’arme & An Arch Never Sleeps-recording works by Michael Alec Rose Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Stradivari 1698 ‘Joachim’) Carly Lake-Horn*, Rachel Meerloo-Bass# Engineer -Jonathan Haskell. Session Outtakes (unedited) Michael Alec Rose-Air Air is the only work here which was not written for a site-specific project. Like its title, it seemed to just be there. Michael sent […]
March 13, 2012
Michael Alec Rose and the Kreutzer Quartet walked out across the beautiful fields of Hertfordshire, to record his three quartet movements, Hubbert Peak (premiered at Tate St Ives), and his violin/cello duo Doctor Johnson & Mr Savage, written for the glorious atmosphere of Wilton’s Music Hall (recently played at National Portrait Gallery). An idyllic day of recording, fulled by the […]
March 10, 2012
Journal Pages-Back in London, March 2012 It is always interesting seeing what we notice, coming home. This time, returning from Tennessee it was the beauty on the Tube.
March 31, 2012