Letter to a young composer: Collaborate! I have been thinking about whether or not to write to you; it struck me, this morning, that not to write to you was just lazy. So here goes. My life’s work has been about collaboration; I have been very lucky, and was extremely lucky very early on, […]
April 24, 2016
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April 9, 2016
So, late last night, after a delightful evening of conversation, food, wine and laughter with friends, I found myself at at the practice desk thinking about Abel and Gainsborough. I thought about Abel’s grave in the strange space of St Pancras grave yard, about his gamba, allegedly under the railway tracks, and Gainsborough’s sorrow at […]
April 3, 2016
The Bow Today-27th May, I was invited to meet Schak Bull, the great grandson of Ole Bull’s brother. He is the custodian of what seems to be the one surviving Ole Bull bow. so this was a first chance to reunite these two instruments. For now, I just want to offer a few reflections on […]
April 1, 2016
Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Viola under (Wilton’s Music Hall 1 4 16) Mihailo Trandafilovski-Rhapsodises (with some underpinning from PSS) Mihailo Trandafilovski/Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Walking the walls (Contra-band) Mihailo Trandafilovski/Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Crossing point Mihailo Trandafilovski/Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Losing it
April 30, 2016