Peter Sheppard Skaerved | ptrshpprdskrvd@aol.com | 973 posts
The Kreutzer Quartet are delighted and excited to be involved in a new project, put together by our friend and colleague, Michael Hooper, who is Research Fellow at UNSW (The University of New South Wales), to record the music of Australian composers, Don Banks, Nigel Butterley, Richard Meale, and Felix Werder. Here’s a ‘sneak peak’-a fragment [...]
June 13, 2013
Beethoven-Op 18 Quartets Live from Wilton’s Music Hall ‘Beethoven Begins’ Series Kreutzer Quartet-Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde Engineer-Jonathan Haskell (Astounding Sounds) Op 18 No 1 F Major (22nd May 2013) Allegro con brioAdagio affettuoso ed appasionato ScherzoAllegro molto Allegro Op 18 No 2 G Major (12th June 2013) AllegroAdagio cantabileScherzoAllegro molto, [...]
June 12, 2013
Michael Hersch-”Images from a closed ward” (2010) On the 29th June, the Kreutzers will be bringing Michael Hersch’s wonderful ‘Images from a Closed Ward’ at the Waterloo Festival,along with pieces by John McCabe and David Gorton. We have been rehearsing Hersch’s piece at Wilton’s Music Hall today (12th June 2013). Here is snapshot. Kreutzer Quartet [...]
June 9, 2013
David Gorton-’Austerity Measures’ rehearsals and Performance. Wilton’s Music Hall June 12th 2013 But first-something to say about new music, players, and listeners… Dress Rehearsal at Wilton’s Music Hall 12th June 2013Engineer-Jonathan Haskell (Astouding Sounds) Preliminary Rehearsals Full run through.11th June 2013 Extract (audio rip from videao) 9th June 2013 Kreutzer Quartet and Chris Redgate [...]
June 7, 2013
Telemann-Flute Fantasies All through my work as a musician I have been fascinated by wind and brass instruments, technique, and the interrelationship between string playing and wind brass repertoire/performance, both historically and today. The origin for me, of this is the crossover between repertoire in the 18th and early 19th century. This has its obvious [...]
June 3, 2013
…a morning’s work at Rosendal Baroniet Torelli-C minor Prelude (from Walsh ‘Select Preludes and Vollenteries London 1705). Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Stradivari 1698. Workshop recording at Rosendale Baroniet (built 1665) The Manor house of Rosendal Baroniet was built in 1665. It is an inspiring place, by any standards, a modest winged house built around a beautiful courtyard, [...]
June 2, 2013
Clara Schumann-’Leidenschaftlich Schnell’ (Op 22) Roderick Chadwick (Steinway 1892-Troldaugen), Peter Sheppard Skaerved (Stradivari 1698 ‘Joachim) NB Lo-Fi Audio Rip from digital camera. Rehearsal, 1st June 2013 (Bergen Festspilen 2013) In 1860, Joachim was giving concerts in Dresden. Hans Christian Andersen was profoundly moved by the concert he gave with Clara Schumann: Dresden 2nd November 1860-Til [...]
May 29, 2013
Festspillene i Bergen 2013-day-by-day Something about the previous visits: Back to Lysoen, Three days in Bergen Wednesday 29th May- Coaching at the Grieg Academy. This was my soft start to an exciting few days. Tomorrow, the rest of the Kreutzer Quartet, plus Roderick Chadwich and the wonderful Michael Finnissy, arrive. But I began by [...]
May 28, 2013
In addition, something to gladden the heart of any Dane, or anyone married to one. Also from Ole Bull’s collection a solo violin piece, very much in his spirit, and with a scordatura (retuning), which he would like. I have become fascinated with the work of Anders Heyerdahl (1832-1918), who I first encountered through a transcription that he [...]
June 18, 2013