Recording a Saraband by Thomas Baltzar

Process – one ‘open’ take of at Thos. Baltzar Saraband (28 7 2020). There are three back to back readings. one false start, and versions with and without petites reprises of the coda.

Thomas Baltzar – ‘A Set of Tunings by Mr Baltzar

Percy Grainger – Room-music Tit-bits Nr.7 Arrival Platform Humlet (an exploration with boats and trains)

Percy Grainger – Room-music Tit-bits Nr.7 Arrival Platform Humlet Composed 1908. 1910, 1912. For Middle-fiddle single (viola solo) or massed middle-fiddles Last week I was bowled over by a film of the great wind orchestra conductor, Frederick Fennell (1904 – 2004), rehearsing and talking about Percy Grainger (1882 -1961) with the US Navy Band. It […]

‘Strung Out’ Resource Page and audio for ‘The Exhale’

Peter Sheppard Skærved – The Violinists’ Practice DeskStrung Out – the violinist walks…. Wednesday July 22nd 4pm The ExhalePeter Sheppard Skærved – The Violinists’ Practice Desk With guest – composer Jim Aitchison Strung Out – the violinist walks….Philip Glass – ‘Strung out’: Upon his return from India in 1963, Philip Glass wrote this extraordinary solo […]

Bojana Petrovic – Teshkoto/Teškoto

Duncan Krummel – The Sky Was An Ocean

Tartini- The 30 Solo Sonatas – A resource page for ‘The Exhale’

Peter Sheppard Skærved – The Violinists’ Practice Desk – Wednesday July 15th 4pm Giuseppe Tartini – 30 Sonate Piccole ‘To play well, you must sing well’: exploring a cycle In the last twenty years of his life, Tartini devoted himself to two works on music and mathematics and a six-hour-long cycle of works for violin […]

Working with the web, a note to a young colleague (helped by a pot of coffee) 11 7 2000

‘I  realise, that my observation was not as clear as it should have been!  Please accept my apologies, while I try and explain what I was trying to say. This might get a little wordy.  What I meant, was that you should be in control, as much as possible, of the material that is out […]

John Playford – The Princess

Michael Finnissy – Works for String Quartet (plus piano, clarinet, household objects and birds)