April 2012-Baltimore journal

Workshops and concert in Baltimore-April 2012

Update The Baltimore workshop and concert was just a beginning. Since then, I have been in touch with a number of the young composers and players from Peabody. Composers Alican Camci, Zhangyi Chen, and Faye Chiao have sent me fascinating solo pieces, and I am enjoying a fascinating dialogue with graduate Jack Lin about Joseph Joachim [...]

Celebrating Mendelssohn, Trandafilovski and Bram at Wiltons

Celebrating Mendelssohn, Trandafilovski and Bram at Wiltons (in preparation) 6th June 2012 Wiltons Music Hall

Select Preludes and Vollentaries (1705)

Select Preludes and Vollentaries for the Violin (Pub. Walsh and Hart, London 1705) Workshop recordings: Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violins (Stradivari & Duke, Bows by Airenti) Wapping/Baltimore April 2012 No 2 Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)- E minor Prelude No 15 Signr Vital Junr  (Tomaso Antonio Vitali)1663-1745-D minor Prelude No 16 Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667 – 1752) No 17 Signr Ambrogio Lonati Carlo [...]

Elliott Schwartz-’Graffiti’ Workshop Page

Elliott Schwartz-’Graffiti’ Workshop Page LINK TO SCHWARTZ IN CONVERSATION The composer writes: ‘This piece is a thoroughly revised version of an earlier piece (with the same title) orignally composed in 1967. it is dedicated, with great affection, to Peter Sheppard Skaerved and his son Marius. Workshop session 1 extract: 30-3-2012 Wapping (peter and Marius)   [...]

Quartet Now (in preparation)

The Quartet Now Peter Sheppard Skærved Kreutzer Quartet (Peter Sheppard Skærved, Neil Heyde, Morgan Goff, Mihailo Trandafilovski) Never before has there been such richness and diversity of new works written for string quartet. The Kreutzer Quartet, dedicatees of hundreds of works by composers of all generations, stands at the centre of a truly eclectic flowering [...]

Cast Courts-New Project at the V & A

Casts Courts -New Project at the V & A September 14th 2012 (Time-tba) Cast Courts Victoria and Albert Museum,Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin Guest Artist-Carly Lake-Horn Peter has collaborated with the V & A twice before, giving lecture/performances linked to the ‘Baroque’ and ‘Cult of Beauty’ Exhibits. However, this event will mark [...]

David Matthews-Works for Solo Violin

David Matthews-Works for Solo Violin Peter Sheppard Skærved February 2012   In the winter of 1993, I was preparing a series of Bach concerts for Taiwan and Japan. The rehearsals took place in a dark and cold church in North London. My friend Arajit Chakravarty, who was playing in the group, came up to me [...]

Ansgar Beste & Peter Sheppard Skaerved Workshop/seminar

Ansgar Beste & Peter Sheppard Skaerved Workshop Norwegian Music Academy – Oslo 26th March 2012 Extract 1-pizzicato (on Bartok, Biber, Ligeti, Stockhausen, Elgar, Glasounov. NB-note contribution from cellist Tanja Orning:Extract 2-battuto (on Finnissy, Lachenmann, guitarists, Crumb, chopsticks, thermometers, and knitting needles…): Link to another Workshop series. Nashville London Feb/Mar 2012

All’arme & An Arch Never Sleeps

All’arme & An Arch Never Sleeps-recording works by Michael Alec Rose Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Stradivari 1698 ‘Joachim’) Carly Lake-Horn*, Rachel Meerloo-Bass# Engineer -Jonathan Haskell. Session Outtakes (unedited) Michael Alec Rose-Air Air is the only work here which was not written for a site-specific project. Like its title, it seemed to just be there. Michael sent [...]