Ludwig van Beethoven – ( Ludwig van Beethoven by Lazarus Gottlieb Sichling, after Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller line engraving, (1823) Beethoven never managed to visit London, but, by the end of his life, had become as influential a member of the arts community there as any other composer. This was partially due to the foundation of [...]
March 8, 2011
Michael Tippett – (Sir Michael Kemp Tippett by Martin Rose acrylic on canvas, 1989 Primary Collection) ONLY CONNECT in progress. A personal note-July 2011: The arrival of Martin Rose’s portrait of Tippett in the gallery space was one I will never forget. Nothing prepared me for the brilliance of this painting, and for its sense [...]
March 8, 2011
Priaulx Rainier – (Priaulx Rainier by George Newson bromide fibre print, 18 October 1984 ) Click on Highlighted words for Links The closest which the trail-blazing composer, Priaulx Rainier enjoyed to a community of like minded artists was afforded her when she took up the invitation to take a studio in St Ives, where she [...]
November 13, 2010
Zubin Kanga, E-Bow, Steinway Piano. David Gorton ‘Fosdyke Wash’ 12-11-2010 Rosetta Caprice (PSS-Violin) David Gorton with Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff, and Neil Heyde. RAM. November 12th 2010 “I realised that musical languages that are disparate in terms of their syntax and context (harmonic and otherwise), may assume a common resonance and meaning [...]
October 7, 2010
Tartini’s masterpiece TO HEAR OUTTAKES FROM THE COMPLETE CYCLE-studio sessions 2011. Go to: 30 DAYS OF TARTINI In the last years his life, the great composer, violinist and swordsman, Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770), seems to have laboured at a set of ca. 30 sonatas for solo violin. The resulting manuscript is the most significant cycle of works for violin alone [...]
August 20, 2010
On the 17th and 18th August, I recorded the extraordinary cycle of 15 Fugues written for me by David Matthews. This is a logical addition to the cycle of quartets and other chamber music by David which we (Kreutzer Quartet + ) are recording for Toccata Classics. These works are not virtuoso stunts, but true [...]
August 3, 2010
On 2nd August, I played Jim Aitchison’s ‘Shibboleth’ at Dartington. Here are some pictures of preparation and rehearsal in the Great Hall, taken by Alice Carfrae (www.alicecarfrae.com).
July 1, 2010
In 2002 – I was preparing to direct a concert with the wonderful Zagreb Soloists in the Lisinki Concert Hall, Zagreb. I had been discussing this with George Rochberg, and he suggested that I arrange the slow movement of his 6th Quartet , which itself is a transfiguration of Pachelbel Adagio. Here is the result, [...]
June 8, 2010
Giovanni Battista Viotti walks out Giovanni Battistas Viotti-’Suonata’ (Solo Sonata) Peter Sheppard Skaerved live at the Library of Congress, Washingon. May 2009. (Betts Stradivari) The Viotti disdained to teach adults and was irked at being obliged to tutor those of bon ton. This print was published by the Libraire Martinet/Chez Martinet , in 1804. The [...]
May 29, 2010
TO HEAR OUTTAKES FROM THE COMPLETE CYCLE-studio sessions 2011. Go to: 30 DAYS OF TARTINI St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield Concert 2 (Wednesday 2nd June) 730pm Tickets £12 (Concessions £6) Information on the whole series: http://www.peter-sheppard-skaerved.com/tartini-sonatas-at-st-barts/ Tartini-Sonatas (Padua Manuscript) Sonata in E minor ‘Senti la fonte, senti lo mare’ Sonata in A minor Sonata in [...]
March 8, 2011