Paganini and Ketch Secor at the Hollywood Bowl I am fascinated by the legacy of Paganini’s posture, depicted again and again, with enormous consistency by Landseer, Maclise, Ingres, Delacroix, Edouart and many others, not to mention countless contemporary caricatures. In 2006 a George Grosz drawing A Paganini of the Gutter came up for sale at [...]
July 23, 2011
These pictures were taken during a series of workshops which Nigel Clarke and I gave in Pristina in 2007 . Typically, we like to work from a ‘no score basis’ beginning with listening exercises and gradually moving towards notation and agreed structures. When working with musicians who have not played so much new music, it [...]
July 23, 2011
June 23, 2011
June 5, 2011
June 5, 2011
Richard Duke at the NPG 2-6-2011 (1698 Stradivari behind_ Photo: Marius Skaerved Violin by Richard Duke (undated) Orginal neck : violin in early classcial setup
June 3, 2011
REPORTING Back Only Connect (Concert 2) Friday June 3rd 630 pm National Portrait Gallery Peter Sheppard Skærved – Violins (Antonio Stradivari 1698 ‘Joachim’ & Richard Duke ca. 1750) The concert was designed to reflect the interchange between German, Italian, and British culture in the 19th century. The choice of violins for the [...]
September 6, 2011