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The Kreutzer Quartet with Bridget MacRae and Jeremy Dale Roberts. Rehearsal day one 13 05 2103
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News of the Day-Victoria and Albert ‘Cast Courts’ Film is online! Go to:LINK
This week-rehearsing Jeremy Dale Roberts wonderful String Quintet!
One of my favourite things. The composer’s hand-Jeremy Dale Roberts at work in rehearsal 13-15 2013
It’s here!Reicha Quartets volume one. Thanks to Neil Heyde, Morgan Goff, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Martin Anderson, Jonathan Haskell, and all the KickStarter supporters (11th May 2013)
Anton Reicha-Quartet Op 49 No 2 in D Major
(May 7th 2013), the Kreutzer Quartet recorded this incredible work in the St John the Baptist, Aldbury-our recording ‘home’
Here are outtakes of this extraordinary piece! The finished recording will be released on the Toccata Label. (more on this project at LINK)
Anton Reicha-D Major Quartet op 49 No 2 OUTTAKES (Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Stradivari 1698, Mihailo Trandafilovski-Stradivari 1708, Morgan Goff-Daniel Parker 1715, Neil Heyde-Vuillaume 1840)
Allegro ma non troppo
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Kreutzer Quartet (Photo Richard Bram)
The Caprices Project-2pm and 6pm. David Josefowitz Hall, Royal Academy of Music 3rd May
Friday the RAM-the Caprices Project. 2pm and 6pm in the David Josefowitz Hall. An amazing afternoon!
Caprices Project at the RAM. 3rd May 2013. PSS with Mihailo Trandafilovski, Sadie Fields, Diana Mathews, Maciej Tomasz Burdzy
Here’s a Trandafilovski working sketch, to set the workshop mood-with music and performers-Paul Pellay, Sadie Harrison, Diana Mathews, Janes Wicks, David Gorton, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Sadie Fields, Maya Kadish, Michael Hersch, Paul West-Osterfield, Ansgar Beste, Nigel Clarke, Haflidi Hallgrimsson, Robert Szymanek, Benjamin Buchanan, William Cole, Anthony Friend, Uilleac Whelan, Judith Bingham, Richard Causton, Pavel Novak….
Caprice Project at the RAM 3rd May. Violist Uilleac Whelan hard at work with Mihailo Trandafilovski
Nicola Matteis, Andrea Amati, St Michael’s Cornhill 2nd May 2013
First afternoon exploring the combintion of Andrea Amatio, Antonino Airenti, Nicola Matteis and the sublime space of St Michaels Cornhill 2 5 2013
Today, I spent three idyllic hours working in astonishing architecture, acoustic, and atmosphere of St Michaels Cornhill. This is moving towards a project, bringing together the music of Nicola Matteis in a space which seems right, and the exploration of the ca 1560-70 Amati which I am playing.
Workshop recordings-Peter Sheppard Skaerved-St Michael’s Cornhill 2nd May 2013 (Andrea Amati ca. 1560-70, Antonino Airenti ‘Biber model bow’ 2011)
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Nicola Matteis-G Major Prelude
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Sunday April 28th-Andrea Amati meet’s Johannes Jacob Walther’s Hortus Chelicus
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Workshop recording, on the ca.1560-70 Andrea Amati. Extact from Johannes Jacob Walther-Serenata a un Coro di Violini, Organo Tremolante, Chitarrino, Piva, Due Trombe e Timpani, Lira Tedesca et Harpa smorsat-Per Un Violino Solo
NEW! I am pleased to announce a drive to raise funds to record Hans Werber Henze’s wonderful Il Vitalino Radoppiato LINK
Henze in a rehearsal break-flowers from the musicians. Germany 1989
A new project begans to take shape. Andrea Amati with putti at St Michael’c Cornhill. 25-4-13
Made for each other. My beautiful (‘Biber’)bow by Antonino Airenti meets the ca. 1570 Andrea Amati. The beginning of a new project which will have one outcome in December, in the Enlightenment Gallery at the British Museum. Wapping 23 03 2013
This just arrived-the best picture of performing Nigel Clarke’s ‘Pernambuco’ taken on Friday night at Logen Theatre Bergen, by Anders Helgerud.
Rehearsing Nigel Clarke, David Gorton, Haflidi Hallgrimsson & Ole Bull at Bergen’s Logen Theatre for tonight’s ‘Vibber’ 19th April
17th April 2013. The end of two days researching at Lysøen-Ole Bull’s house. An early evening concert for a hardy audience that had crossed the fjord from Solstrand. Played Bull, Paganini, Doppler, Tartini, Joachim, and Sadie Harrison
Getting ready for Reicha-complete Quartets, disc two and three LINK
An inspiring afternoon with Kreutzer-Gang-getting ready to record discs 2 and 3 of our Reicha Quartet cycle. With Neil Heyde, Morgan Goff, and Mihailo Trandafilovski, pictured today enraptured by the astonishing back of the ‘Prince Regent’ Strad, which he will play on the recording (Photo by Morgan!) (15th April 2013-London)
Two Weeks, Two Soundboxes, early Faure, late Faure
1230 April 23rd Royal Academy of Music Museum.
Peter Sheppard and Roy Howat discuss and play Faure’s astonishing 1st Violin Sonata.
Rehearsing with Roy Howat and Neil Heyde (March 2013)
1230 April 30th Royal Academy of Music Museum.
Peter Sheppard and Roy Howat discuss and play Faure’s astonishing 2nd Violin Sonata.
In the rehearsal room. Peter and Roy hard at work on the 14th April 2013, on the 1st Sonata:
2nd Movement: on Dolce, on voicing:
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Berceuse: on Ysaye and Rubato
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Roy Howat rehearsing with Neil Heyde at Wiltons
30th March-Work is underway to release the second volume of Henze concertos. This will consist of a new recording of ‘Il Vitalino Raddopiato’, which was the very first piece that I worked on with the composer, and the archive recording of the performance of the 2nd Concerto, which Henze conducted, with Parnassus Ensemble, at the the Barbican. An astonishing ensemble performance. Here is a sneak peak of the end-with a particularly violent duet with trombonist Justin Thorogood.
Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa. 1998. PSS with Jan Philip Schulze and Hans Werner Henze
Hans Werner Henze-2nd Violin Concerto (conclusion). Conducted-Hans Werner Henze, Violin-Peter Sheppard Skaerved (Hill 1900). Parnassus Ensemble London 1991
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27th March-London. Reicha Continues! In May we will make the third disc in the cycle, of Quartets Op 49 2 & 3. Today we worked through Op 49 No 2, in a rehearsal in central London. This is just a rough workshop recording of the Adagio, the 2nd Movement of this D major Quartet. Quite astonishing music, and a joy to rehearse with such colleagues/friends-Reicha-Adagio Op 49 No2.
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Outtakes! Here’s just a hint at the fun we are having with this music.
27th March 2013 ‘A Year With Paganini’ Article in the ‘Strings Magazine’
It’s just out today, and if you are not in the US, you can read it online hear. Then go and buy it!!!
‘Strings Magazine”s slight coloration of Richard Bram’s photo: I am sitting, of course, with Paganini’s ‘Red Book’!
Beethoven Sonata cycle-OP 12. Suddenly-we are on the way. I got creative with the scanner, a little statuette of Beethoven and a velvet cushion; then the wonderful Stephen Sutton at Divine Art Metier put in his magic, and the next Beethoven disc with Aaron Shorr is suddenly getting real. For imminent release!
20 03 2013 Recording Mateis, Purcell, Ziani, Torelli-enraptured by Stradivari combined with Antonino Airenti bow
Recording-20-3 2013 (Outtakes) Aldbury Parish Church (Engineer-Jonathan Haskell)
Henry Purcell- G minor Prelude
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Nicola Cosimi-A major Prelude
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Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Antonio Stradivari 1698 ‘Joachim’, Bow-Antonino Airenti (Biber Model)
Enroute to Manchester to give a lecture/recital (rabbit on) on Beethoven at RNCM this afternoon. Here is the Op 17 Sonata-and my work desk on this train (coming into Crewe). Beethoven would have loved trains!17 03 2013
16 03 2013 Recording Mihailo Trandafilovski’s wonderful ‘Ceteri’ with the Kreutzer Quartet and the New London Camber Choir. All Saints, Tooting.
With three great colleague/composers/ L to R, Tim Watts, Jeremy Thurlow, Paul Osterfield, at St John’s College Cambridge. 15 03 2013
13 03 2013 A wonderful workshop at Forest School-thanks to Paul West-Osterfield, Susan Sheppard and the inspiring students there! The ‘Caprice Project’ has lift off…
It’s here! Elliott Schwartz’s new disc ‘Tapestry’. Many thanks to the extraordinary players on this disc-Nicole Johnson, Aaron Shorr, Steven Crichlow, Midori Komachi, Annabelle Berthome Reynolds, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Preetha Narayanan, Alice Barron, Aisha Orazbayeva, Morgan Goff, Diana Mathews, Neil Heyde, Val Welbanks, Rachel Meerloo, to our marvellous engineer, Jonathan Haskell, to Stephen Sutton at Divine Art/Metier, and Deedee Schwartz for the beautiful artwork! 13 03 2013
A truly joyful day. With composers Sadie Harrison and Paul Osterfield. Piano Gallery RAM 12 March 2013
Today, a wonderful Soundbox with dear friends, talking about composition, collaboration and inspiration. Such a joy to have Sadie Harrison (LINK), and Paul Osterfield together in conversation (LINK)
A triumph for Mihailo Trandafilovski-a composer of genius. After the premiere of ‘Ceteri’; Kreutzer Quartet with NLCC and Clement Power
Back on our favourite stage. The Kreutzers at Wiltons. With NLCC and Clement Power. 10th March 2013
The Kreutzers in our spirtual home-on stage at Wilton’s Music Hall, 10 03 2013