David Matthews-2nd Quartet Op 16(1974-1980) AllegroScherzoElegy David Matthews-3rd Quartet Op 18(1977-8) Allegro animato-Andante tranquillo/Prestissimo, spettrale/Andante come sopra, ma poco piu tranquillo/Prestissimo, molto intenso-Largo sostenuto (outtakes of recording session 29 1 14) Kreutzer Quartet (Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Morgan Goff, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Neil Heyde) Engineer-Jonathan Haskell
January 28, 2014
Robin Holloway-Works for Violin Sonatina-Violin Peter Sheppard Skaerved (Amati 1629) Deptford Town Hall (Presented by Goldsmiths College) 29 1 15 Recording Courtesy of Colin Still-Optic Nerve World Premiere I have been fascinated by Robin Holloway’s ‘Sonata’ for solo violin, written from Ernst Kovacic, for years. Recently, I started talking with this wonderful composer about his […]
January 26, 2014
Fascinating Work Grieg and Finnissy for piano quintet – heard by ROBERT ANDERSON ‘… the whole disc is an unexpected serendipity.’ Grieg – Finnissy Piano Quintets. Roderick Chadwick, piano; Kreutzer Quartet. © 2013 Divine Art Ltd Familiar as I am with Grieg’s very expansive string quartet, I can only regret he did not persevere […]
January 25, 2014
In 1878, the Worcester Amateur Orchestral Society presented this beautiful, engraved, Tubbs bow to the young Edward Elgar. By itself, it is a supreme example of 19th Century British Violin Making at its zenith. In the context of what it led to, it is a powerful object. I have been fortunate to spend a […]
January 21, 2014
Peter Sheppard Skaerved: The violin now!-Musikhögskolan i Malmö, Ystadvägen 25, 200 41 Malmö, 12.15-13 Lunchkonsert Michael Alec Rose “Air” Sadie Harrison “Gallery” Michael Hersch “…in the snow margins…” David Gorton “Caprices” Rolf Martinsson “Landscape” Nigel Clarke “Pernambuco” 13.15–16.15 Öppet stråkseminarium Seminarium om stråktekniker med musikexempel från några av de 300 verk som komponerats för […]
January 19, 2014
Schubert begins…. Franz Schubert-Overture D8 (1811) (Original version) Peter Sheppard Skaerved -Director, Parnassus Ensemble London (recorded 1994) Franz Schubert-8 Ländler (1816) Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Workshop Recording. Wapping 21 12 13 Franz Schubert-A Major Rondo D438 Franz Schubert: Konzertstück (for Violin and Orchestra) in D major, D345 – Adagio – Allegro For Violin with String Orchestra (1816) Adagio […]
January 15, 2014
Mihailo Trandafilovski-‘Duet 2′(2008) (Premiered Wilton’s Music Hall 2009) -1--2--3--4- –5- -6- -7- Mihailo Trandafilovski-‘Arc-en-ciel'(2013) (Premiered British Museum 2013) Mihailo Trandafilovski (Maggini) & Peter Sheppard Skaerved(Amati)-Violins Roderick Chadwick-Piano Outtakes-recorded 15 1 14 St Michael’s Highgate Engineer-Jonathan Haskell (Astounding Sounds)
January 15, 2014
Facing Enlightenment II – Peter Sheppard Skaerved LINK TO BLOG 1 On December 13th, I returned to the British Museum for the next stage of my adventure with the wonderful ‘Enlightenment Gallery’project page . A joy of this unique room, is that it is not only an exhibit concerning the histories of ideas, but a […]
January 8, 2014
(in preparation_ THE REICHA QUARTETS FROM WHERE WE SIT (Booklet text from Reicha Quartets Volume 1) Toccata Classics by Peter Sheppard-Skærved Mid-way through recording this first disc in the Kreutzer Quartet’s traversal of Anton Reicha’s quartets, Morgan Goff, our violist, said to me: You know, we spend all of our time playing […]
January 30, 2014