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 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 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 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 [...]
May 24, 2013
Beethoven-Prelude and Fugue Hess 31 Wilton’s Music Hall 22 05 2013 Kreutzer Quartet Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde Engineer-Jonathan Haskell
May 24, 2013
Luigi Boccherini-Quintettino ‘Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid’ (1780 version) G.319/Op30 1. Imitando un campanello 2. il tamburo 3. Minuett 4. Largo assai /Allegro(il Rosario) 5. Passa calle 6. Maestoso Wilton’s Music Hall Wednesday 22nd May 2013 730pm Kreutzer Quartet – Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde With Guest Artist Bridget MacRae – Cello Engineer-Jonathan Haskell (Astounding Sounds)
May 8, 2013
7th May 2013 Peter Sheppard Skaerved interviewing Mihailo Trandafilovski about playing Stradivari, about composing, and about colour. Interview followed by ‘In the Hills’ and ‘Fragments:Light’-Mihailo Trandafilovski, composer and Violin (Stradivari 1708 ‘Regent’)-Outtakes.(Engineer-Jonathan Haskell) Link to more Trandafilovski!
May 7, 2013
Anton Reicha-Quartet Op 49 No 2 in D Major Today (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 [...]
May 2, 2013
Nicola Matteis, Andrea Amati, St Michael’s Cornhill 2nd May 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 [...]
June 18, 2013