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The never-ending workshop
April 24, 2020
THIS POST WILL GROW IN REVERSE ORDER. Oldest posts at the bottom of the page Notes from composers in the Spring Lockdown May 5th – The River Dreams of Winter At the desk. Basic preparation. Technical exploration of lovely new piece by Sadie Harrison Morning 3rd May It’s been a busy week, so I have […]
Edmund Rubbra- Variations on a Phrygian Theme Op 103 (1963)
April 18, 2020
Edmund Rubbra- Variations on a Phrygian Theme Op 103 (1963) this wonderful small set of variations was written for Fredrick Grinke as a 50th Birthday present in 1963. I have been looking at it, off and on, for many years, but had never taken the time to bring it to performance. I am delighted that […]
Lennox Berkeley ‘Introduction & Allegro’
April 17, 2020
Lennox Berkeley ‘Introduction & Allegro’ . This was one two pieces for solo violin written by Berkeley in 1949. It’s dedicated to the young Ivry Gitlis. In many ways it is a portrait of Gitlis’ playing, always full of wit, colour, and whiplash intelligence.I was lucky enough to give one of the last concerts that […]
Anthony Gilbert – Crow Undersongs (1979 -81)
April 16, 2020
Anthony Gilbert – Crow Undersongs (1979 -81) Peter Sheppard Skaerved – Violin (Jacob Rayman 1641) At the desk recording 16 4 20 One of the joys of the unwanted lockdown, has been opportunity it has given me to begin a collaboration with Anthony Gilbert, one of the UK’s great composers. He sent me me this […]
Mihailo Trandafilovski – Exploring Solo (2005)
April 13, 2020
At the desk/London Lockdown performance. 13 4 20 I have worked closely with Mihailo Trandafilovski for 14 years. This is a uniquely important collaboration and friendship for me, as our work together is both as violinists and as composer/performer. I want to say something about composers and technique – I mean my technique. I work […]
Violeta Dinescu – Litanie 1 (2004)
April 13, 2020
At the desk recording, London lockdown 10 4 20 .I met Violeta Dinescu in Odessa in 2000, and she sent me this haunting work in 2004.
Dmitri Smirnov – Postlude in memoriam Alfred Schinittke (Op 112)
April 13, 2020
At the desk recotding. London Lockdown 10 4 20 . In memoriam Dmitri Smirnov, a treasured collaborator and inspiration. Here’s his memorial to Schnittke
Aram Khachaturian – Sonata-Monologue (1976)
April 13, 2020
Aram Khachaturian – Sonata-Monologue (1976) At the desk recording. London Lockdown 12 4 20 Aram Khachaturian – Sonata-Monologue (1976) This piece has been in repertoire since I was 19. After finding a copy, signed by the composer, mis-shelved in a library, I learnt it. I was nothing I had every played to date, and I […]
April 27, 2020