In 2004 I spent some time working on Hans Christian Andersen’s albums in the Kongelige Bibliothek, Copenhagen. By any stretch of the imagination, these are incredible. I copied out musical entries from Mendelssohn, Spohr, Weyse, Schumann, Ernst, Lachner and this poem, addressed to his ‘Friend and brother poet’ by Ole Bull in 1838. Ole Bull [...]
September 24, 2012
September 24, 2012
Bull, Ole, 1810-1880-”Capriccio a Violino solo.” At the end: “Berlin d. 17[?] Februar 18[3]9 Ole B. Bull.” Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Workshop Recording. London September 24th 2o12) Ganz, Leopold, 1806-1869. Album of autographs, 1837-1864. (Pierpont Morgan Library New York City/Fulton Deposit) I found this fragment in July 2006 in the astounding album kept by the oboist [...]
August 31, 2012
I must go out in the world, to bring my spark to a flame Hans Christian Andersen’s acquaintance with Ole Bull is an intriguing one. I find it fascinating because the two had so much in common. But perhaps the aspect of both their lives which they shared the most, is that, which posthumously has [...]
August 30, 2012
The secret of collaging….Elliott Schwartz at Work Elliott once told me that one of his images for the musical imagination was ‘driving down the freeway, fiddling with the car radio, skipping from channel to channel, music to music, voice to voice’. A snapshot of this at work. I am editing together his wonderful ‘Water Music’ [...]
August 18, 2012
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 16, 2012
Elliott Schwartz-2nd Quartet ‘For Louise and Aaron’ European Premiere. 13th July 2012 St Johns Church, Waterloo (Waterloo Festival) Kreutzer Quartet (Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde)Recording Courtesy Colin Still (Optic Nerve) Michael Alec [...]
August 15, 2012
Judith Bingham & Paganini’s ‘Red Book’ at Wilton’s – SoundBox More on the ‘Red Book’ LINK 14th August 2012 Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin/Speaker Judith Bingham- Composer
August 11, 2012
Mendelssohn-Octet (live at Wilton Music Hall 2012) Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Miahilo Trandafilovski, Midori Komachi, Aisha Orazbayeva, Morgan Goff, Diana Mathews, Val Wellbanks, Jess Hayes Recording courtesy of Colin Still (Optic Nerve) Aisha, Morgan, Diana, Valerie, Jessica (Mendelssohn Octet) Most musicians discover the Mendelssohn Octet when we are, or rather, were, around about the same age that [...]
October 16, 2012