Ole Bull-Halling til Studenternes Selskab den 10de December 1848Workshop recording, London 31st August 2012 Peter Sheppard Skaerved Ole Bull-Fanitulla (His transcription today housed in the Univeristetsbibliothek, Oslo) Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Workshop Recording, London August 29th 2012) From the 28th to 30th March 1849, there was a series of tableaux at Christiana (Oslo) Theatre. One of [...]
August 18, 2012
Mendelssohn-D minor Violin Concerto (Slow Movement-reconstruction of original version by Peter Sheppard Skaerved) Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin/Director with Rachel Meerloo, Aisha Orazabayeva, Valerie Wellbanks, Jess Hayes, Diana Mathews, Morgan Goff, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Annabelle Berthome-Reynolds, Alice Barron, Preetha Narayanan, Midori Komachi, Steven Crichlow/Live performance. Wiltons Music Hall May 2012 (Recording Courtesy of Colin Still)
August 14, 2012
A thoughtful review of David Matthews’s masterpiece, with Sibelius at King’s Place. Live performances recorded at Wilton’s below Kreutzer Quartet (Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde, Mihailo Trandafilovski) Live at the glorious Wilton’s Music Hall 19th June 2011 Recording Courtesy of Colin Still (Optic Nerve) Jean Sibelius D minor Quartet Op 56 ‘Voces Intimae’ [...]
August 13, 2012
Henze-Elegie (From 5 Night-pieces, dedicated to Peter Sheppard Skaerved 1990) Peter Sheppard Skaerved and Aaron Shorr
August 8, 2012
Gottfried Finger-E major Prelude (from ‘Select Preludes and Vollenteries’ Walsh 1705) -introduction and a little help from Sir Isaac Newton Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Workshop Recording New York City 8th August 2012)
August 6, 2012
David Matthews-Prelude for Jenifer Wakelyn Following on from his lovely prelude for Judith Bingham, David has now written one for his wife, Jenifer Wakelyn, which will eventually join up with the 15th Fugue . I have spent the afternoon here in New York City working on the new work, and here is a workshop recording, of [...]
August 3, 2012
[In preparation-August 2012] Antoine Bott-Caprices in the manner of Paganini Ludwig Spohr wrote of Paganini’s visit to Cassel: “In June 1830, Paganini came to Cassel, and gave two concerts in the theatre, which were of the highest interest to me. His left hand work, as well as his intonation, are marvellous in my estimation. In [...]
July 31, 2012
From 1713 William Corbett was a member of the King’s band (although Anne Queen till 1714).In 1724 William Corbett bought Lunati (il Gobbo)’s violin. Charles Burney: ‘The favourite instrument which Corelli had played was brought hither soon after his death Corbett, and being for many years in the possession of a gentleman of Newcastles, at [...]
July 30, 2012
Nicola Cosimi-Two Preludes (from ‘Select Preludes & Vollenteries’ Publ. Walsh, London 1705) Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Workshop Recording, St. Paul, Mn. July 2012) Nicola Cosimi was born in Rome, and came to London from 1702 to 1705. According to Vidal, a short time after his return to Italy, he died, young. He was closely associated [...]
July 28, 2012
Antonín Dvorák-String Quintet in E Flat Major Op 97 (1893) Kreutzer Quartet with Diana Mathews (Viola) Live performance 13th July 2012 (Recording courtesy of Colin Still-Optic Nerve) Allegro non tanto Allegro vivo Larghett Finale-Allegro Giusto In the summer 1893, Antonín Dvo?ák, who had come to New York, to take up the directorship of a [...]
August 18, 2012