The Lost Sessions

March 2003

In March 2003 Peter Sheppard Skaerved recorded works written for him by Widmann, Gomelskaya, Clarke, Simaku, and others in a recording session that was never released. At the time, these were all first recordings. Here are some unedited outtakes. 

Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Stradivari 1699 ‘Crespi’)

Engineer-David Lefeber

Jörg Widmann-Etudes 1 & 2 (1994-20010

Nigel Clarke-Loulan (Voices from the Sand)

PSS with Composer Nigel Clarke in the Gobi Desert near Turfan 2002

Widmann and PSS. Odessa 1999. Photo: JP Schulze

Julia Gomelskaya-Dabuba-pa (2000)

Thomas Simaku-Soliloquy I

Peter with Thomas Simaku in Athens 2002

Shen Yi-Tajik Dance (dedicated to PSS 2002)

(working with the composer, Urumqi 2002)