I am sitting in Terminal 2 of Heathrow airport, waiting to fly to Reykjavik. Tomorrow (28th September 2019) I am going to play a concert celebrating the amazing music of Hafliði Hallgrimsson (1941-). I have been lucky enough to have known Hafliði for most of my life as a violinist. In that time, I have […]
September 19, 2019
This short essay is an introduction to the concert I give at the Pharos Contemporary Music Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus on October 6th 2019 LINK to Concert ‘The violin is an astonishing ‘time machine, a 400 year old object bringing the old and new music to life, offering new visions of futures and pasts still unheard. […]
September 17, 2019
September 12, 2019
On the 28th October 2019, I will return to Dover, where he has been building site-specific projects for some years, to present a programme in the tiny chapel of St Edmund. BOOK TICKETS HERE -VERY LIMITED J S Bach – Chaconne (1720)Peter Sheppard Skærved-4 Troubadours (2017)Evis Sammoutis – Nicosia Etudes (2014-2019)Nicola LeFanu – Prelude (St […]
September 10, 2019
A project emerges Peter Sheppard Skærved –Violins(‘Remarkable…a technical tour de force’ Sunday Times 2018). J S Bach – Chaconne (1720), Peter Sheppard Skærved-4 Troubadours (2017)Evis Sammoutis – Nicosia Etudes (2014-2019)Nicola LeFanu – Prelude (St Cecelia & King David) (2018)Nigel Clarke – Epitaph for Edith Cavell (2014)Paul Pellay, his ‘Anacreonantic Variations’ (2019) World PremiereAnonymous (17th Century) – […]
September 27, 2019