Over the past 18 months, I have been able to revel in the extraordinary small Stradivarius violin, from the collections of the Royal Northern College of Music. This instrument turned out to be the perfect voice for astonishing solo works in the Klagenfurt Handskrift, which can be found in the Landesmuseum Klagenfurt, Austria. Here’s a […]
November 28, 2018
David Matthews – 13th Quartet FIRST LISTEN Kreutzer Quartet – Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Clifton Harrison, Neil Heyde, Mihailo Trandafilovski, with: Rebecca Lea, Jessica Dandy, James Robinson, William Dawes Musical supervision – David Matthews & William Cole Engineer – Jonathan Haskell /Astounding Sounds Outtakes UNEDITED from Recording Session 27th November 2018 St Michaels Highgate Green – In tranquillo attesa […]
November 28, 2018
November 25, 2018
Nicola Matteis (1650–1714) D minor Preludio (D la sol re) & Allemanda Antonio Montanari (1676-1737) D minor Giga Live at Preludes & Vollenteries 16 St Stephen Walbrook 23rd November 2018 Peter Sheppard Skærved – Violin Girolamo Amati 1628 I would have loved to have met Matteis-every note of his music is filled with […]
November 24, 2018
Thomas Baltzar (1630–1662) G minor Allemande & Variation, Courante, Sarabande Preludes & Vollenteries 16 St Stephen Walbrook 23rd November 2018 Peter Sheppard Skærved – Violin
November 24, 2018
Nicola LeFanu Prelude after Grinling Gibbons (2018) (London Premiere) St Stephen Walbrook 23rd November 2018 Peter Sheppard Skærved – Violin The starting point Nicola LeFanu’s ‘Prelude after Grinling Gibbons’ is the ‘King David’ wood carving made by the young by Gibbons man in York, before he went to London and became Master Carver […]
November 24, 2018
David Gorton- Concerto per flauto a becco e violin su temi Torelli (2018) Largo/Presto/Largo – Adagio – Allegro/Adagio (World Premiere)LOFI ZOOM RECORDING Peter Sheppard Skærved – Violin Olwen Foulkes – Recorder Longbow Preetha Narayanan, Midori Komachi, Salome Rateau, Tanya Sweiry-Solomons – Violins […]
November 20, 2018
Gloria Coates – Piano Quintet LIVE St Johns Smith Square 12th October 2018 Roderick Chadwick, Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Neil Heyde, Clifton Harrison 1. Invisible, as Music 2. The wizard – fingers never rest 3. The Torrents of Eternity 4. A something so transporting bright Recording courtesy of Colin Still (Optic Nerve)
November 19, 2018
Leon Kirchner – Duo 1 live at St John’s Smith Square with Roderick Chadwick October 2018
November 10, 2018
Michael Hersch – Zwischen Leben und Tod Peter Sheppard Skaerved – Violin Roderick Chadwick – Piano St John’s Smith Square London Live performance – 15th November 2018 Recordings by Jonathan Haskell/Astounding Sounds 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Concert […]
November 28, 2018