Like so many musicians, I am fascinated by studies. At least twice a year I lay my more regular concert repertoire to once side, and explore the etudes of a specific violin/composer. What I have found, and this is, I have also discovered, not such a common approach, is that it is vital to ‘take […]
July 15, 2015
Today was a day of inspiration from composers. Beginning with morning coffee and conversation, a conversation which has been going on for decades with Gloria Coates. Here’s a first chance to hear live extracts from our concert of her music in Munich last month. Gloria Coates-Live in Munich 21st June 2015 Gasteig Kreutzer Quartet (Peter […]
July 7, 2015
Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Niccolo Amati 1647 ‘Ole Bull’) Roderick Chadwick-Piano Engineer-Jonathan Haskell Session Outtakes 7 7 15 St Michael’s Highgate Ole Bull – Aurora Ole Bull-Et Saeterbesog Edvard Grieg (arr. Emile Sauret) Two Songs (Andersen) Op 5 ‘Jeg Elsker Dig’ ‘En Digters Bryst’ Bach/Gounod-Meditation (Ave Maria) Gaetano Braga-Angel Serenade Mozart-G major Sonata K 301
July 6, 2015
Roger Redgate-Quartet No 4 (World Premiere) Kreutzer Quartet Peter Sheppard Skaerved Mihailo Trandafilovski Morgan Goff Neil Heyde Wilton’s Music Hall. June 16th Recording courtesy of Colin Still (Optic Nerve) The Kreutzer Quartet would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Britten–Pears Foundation for this premiere.
July 3, 2015
David Matthews-15 Preludes Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Girolamo Amati 1629) Session outtakes-unedited 2 6 15 . St John the Baptist, Aldbury Engineer-Jonathan Haskell Musical Supervision-David Matthews Sonata (1975-revised 2015) Quasi Cadenza -Prestissimo Lento, flessibile Allegro non troppo Prelude 1 (for Pavel Novak)LINK TO NOVAK CAPRICCI Prelude 2 (For Michael Bartram) Prelude 3 (for Caroline on […]
July 19, 2015