Tartini – Sonate Piccole Nos 25-30 This disc concludes my reading of the astonishing manuscript which Tartini left of us, of 30 sonatas which he described as ‘Sonate Piccole’ (‘Little Sonatas). This document, manuscript inventory number 1888, fascicle 1, is to be found in the Biblioteca Antoniana, Basilica del Santo, Padua. It consists of 109 […]
April 23, 2019
Something old, a map of sorts. Puzzling it out. Stuck into the front cover of my Telemann 12 Fantasties, this early attempt to get to grips with the structure of the cycle, puzzled-out in my early 20s somewhere in Bavaria. The result was my first recording of the set-still available (which is something)-listen here: https://open.spotify.com/album/69F6RaEE5ZjjNm7E0ZuhzQ?si=1sSovmxYTwmlABOGhDouQg […]
April 21, 2019
Christopher Simpson (1602/1606–1669) D Major Prelude A prelude by Mr Christopher Simpson transposed an eighth higher for the Violin’ (from the ‘Division Viol P.53) (from an anonymous 17th collection for works for violin) Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Anon Brescia ca. 1570) Workshop Recording 21 4 19
April 16, 2019
Preludes & Vollenteries 18 St Botolph without Bishopsgate (James Gould/ George Dance 1729) Friday 22nd March 2019 6pm Peter Sheppard Skærved – Violins Recordings courtesy of Colin Still (Optic Nerve) Johann Georg Pisendel (1688 – 1755) – A minor Sonata (last movement played in the version transribed by Telemann in the Der Getreue Musikmeister Girolamo […]
April 9, 2019
Preludes & Vollenteries 19 St Mary Abchurch (Sir Christopher Wren 1681-6) Thursday 4th April 2019 6pm Peter Sheppard Skærved – Violins (Girolamo Amati 1628, Anonymous Brescia circa 1560) Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644 – 1704) – Rosary Sonatas No 4. D minor Presentation in the Temple (Scordatura ADAD) (Anonymous Brescia circa 1560) No 16. […]
April 6, 2019
Napoléon Antoine Eugène Léon de Saint-Lubin (1805 Turin – 1850 Berlin ) Impromptu sur un thème de Beethoven Based on the second movement of the Symphony No.7, Op.92, by Ludwig van Beethoven Peter Sheppard Skærved – Violin (At the Desk Recording 6 4 19 Wapping) A word of explanation. After a concert a few nights ago, an audience member […]
April 26, 2019