Beethoven Sonatas Op 30

 Beethoven  – 3 Sonatas, for Piano and Violin,  Op. 30 (Dedicated to Tsar Alexander 1st)  Beethoven dedicated his three Sonatas for Piano with Violin, Op. 30, to the Tsar Alexander 1st (1777-1825). In 1800, Alexander took the throne after the murder of his father, the Tsar Paul; it was widely assumed that he was behind [...]

Beethoven Explored

Peter and Aaron have taken ‘Beethoven Explored’ worldwide. What began as a research project supported by the Royal Academy of Music and the London College of Music, has blossomed into an acclaimed series of recordings, a major concert series at St Johns Smith Square and presentation at venues ranging from the Goethe Institute to the [...]

Louise Vale-Poetry for Wilton’s

  Poet Louise Vale responds to the enchanted spaces of Wilton’s Music Hall.   As   It   Was [Fuse the future with a version of the past. Take up your opera glasses, breathe into former pleasures, remember someone else’s bliss]   Welcome. Over clinking from the bar, voices rise, a chatter of anticipation, footsteps clatter, seats [...]

Library of Congress

Library of Congress-Washington In November 2006, I was lucky enough to be invited to play a concert with Aaron Shorr, and members of the wonderful Cassatt Quartet, at the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress. Playing the Schubert Fantasie on that stage, where Bartok and Szigeti recorded their historic recital, and playing Fritz Kreisler’s [...]

Work on ‘Il Cannone’

Transcription of investigative session on the del Gesu ‘Il Cannone’. Royal Academy of Music, Spring 2006# Paganini-A Major Prelude (Unpublished) Peter Sheppard Skaerved playing Il Cannone Gut strings, Paganini model bridge. 2006 London Peter Sheppard Skaerved working on ‘Il Cannone’ LINK to Paganini-Capriccio ‘non cor piu’-1820 (Magdeburg MS) version [Unedited transcript] As part of the [...]

Paganini

First meeting with Il Cannone. June 2005. Genoa Photo: Anna Rita Certo Peter began collaboration with the City of Genoa in 2005. Since then, he has performed on Paganni’s violin ‘il Cannone’ a number of times, in the UK and Italy, one of the very few living players to have had this honour.

Kreutzers at Wilton’s

  Schubert and Mendelssohn at Wilton’s Music Hall December 2009 http://www.wiltons.org.uk/productions/music/mendelssohn-and-schubert-the-glorious-1820s-part-1 Schubert Update: link  On the 13th December, the Kreutzers will be back at Wilton’s for two December concerts. These two concerts focus on the dramatic music which Schubert and Mendelssohn produced in the 1820’s.  However, our first concert includes an interloper, 4 Comic Ländler [...]

Beethoven Explored

Peter and Aaron have taken ‘Beethoven Explored’ worldwide. What began as a research project supported by the Royal Academy of Music and the London College of Music, has blossomed into an acclaimed series of recordings, a major concert series at St Johns Smith Square and presentation at venues ranging from the Goethe Institute to the [...]

Richard Bram

American photographer Richard Bram has been an essential collaborator for many years. He has a unique eye for the process of making music, and has travelled with me on many projects. This has resulted in projects in Turkey, Mexico, Denmark, and the USA. http://richardbram.com/index.php?m=0&f=3 link Limited rehearsal space. Tate St Ives 2006. Photo: Richard Follow [...]

Bach-Double Violin Concerto at Wiltons