George Rochberg’s ‘Caprice Variations’: A Resource Page for the Royal Northern College of Music ‘Deep Dive’ Event October 2024

Rochberg – Caprice Variations. Style and Character: Playlist of my recordings of the 50 Caprice Variations, Violin Sonata, Concerto and Quartet – by track for ease of reference My collaboration and friendship with the great George Rochberg began in 1998, at his cottage in Newtown Square, Pa. It was in this room that we would […]

Paul Moylan – Page for Peter

George Antheil – Unfinished Sonata Movement + Peter Sheppard Skaerved – An Answer to GA

Peter Dickinson – Metamorphosis & Air

Michael Finnissy’s 1978 ‘Song 13’

The Violinist’s Practice Desk – Resource Page for Ysaÿe and de Bériot

    Eugène Ysaÿe – Sonate No. 4 Op 27 (dedicated to Fritz Kreisler) 4. Stricture and freedoms. Ysaÿe – 4th Sonata/ Charles de Bériot – Caprice ‘in imitation of the old masters’: The apparent contradiction between the freedom of the performer and the strictures demanded by a composer through their score is perhaps most […]

Roberto Gerhard – Chaconne

It was Meirion Bowen who encouraged me to play Gerhard, in my 20s, which resulted in recordings of the Quartets with my quartet, the Kreutzers. I first played the Chaconne on the South Bank in 1996, and have loved it ever since. One of the true challenges for the serious violinist, and certainly one of […]

Richard Beaudoin – Unikat (2017)

Nigel Clarke – Epitaph for Edith Cavell for viola alone

Opening the composer’s workshop. A new work by Sadie Harrison