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More from this week of recording and exploration. The first of my responses to the 1546 Salviati tapestry of Dante & Virgil at Minneapolis Institute…

Here’s a first glimpse of what I have been doing in the studio in the past 24 hours. Here is the astonishing 25th movement of…

One of the most wonderful projects that I have been involved in over the last few years is my ‘deep dive’ into the medieval culture…

We filmed this in 2024, but this is the first time it has been released. Part of my ongoing collaboration with the wonderful Tremenheere Sculpture…

Percy Grainger – Room-music Tit-bits Nr.7 Arrival Platform Humlet Composed 1908. 1910, 1912. For Middle-fiddle single (viola solo) or massed middle-fiddles Last week I was…

It was wonderful George Rochberg’s birthday on Sunday. He was/is a blazing inspiration and friend for us. Here’s the live version of the complete violin…

In 2009, the Kreutzers were invited by Luca Francesconi to play Henze’s wonderful 4th Quartet at the Venice Biennale. Here’s the live recording – VERY…

Woods and Gardens Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens Friday July 4th   Peter Sheppard Skærved – Violin & Viola Concert 1: Skyspace, 5pm Giuseppe Tartini     G…

Today, the 1st July 2026, is the 100th anniversary of Hans Werner Henze’s birth. He was, and remains, a huge figure in my life as…

On the 29th June, the Kreutzer Quartet (Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde), spent a joyful day recording quartets by Gregory Fritze.…

Something unreleased from 2023 – introducing a wonderful Hardanger violin at the Schubert Club Music Museum in St Paul Minnesota

My collaboration with Sadie Harrison stretches across the whole of my adult life as an artist. This has resulted in dozens of works, from solo…

Over the past two years, Robert Saxton has been composing a series of miniatures for me, inspired by our conversations, the things we are fascinated…

The great photographer Richard Bram has been working with us for over 20 years: it was a joy to have him along to collaborate on…

Now available! My new disc of some of the wonderful pieces written for me by David Hackbridge Johnson. Follow the Link below to find out…

It’s the anniversary of the death of Carl Friedrich Abel, here in London in 1787. Here is one of his exquisite solo works on the…

‘A Breath of Fresh Air!’,  St Nicholas Church, Chiswick, Thursday 18th June 2026 Presented by The Friends of St Nicholas’ Church and Hogarth’s House Youtube…

It’s Edvard Grieg’s birthday. Here’s his glorious setting of Andersen ‘The poet’s heart’. On Ole Bull’s Amati, with the great Roderick Chadwick

The Metropolitan Museum in New York City has just posted this recording of Thomas Baltzar (1630-1663) made on their great 1660 Jacob Stainer viola. LINK

It’s Delius’ Birthday – here’s his wonderful ‘Lullaby for a Modern Baby’ which I will always associate with Ralph Holmes. Here with Roderick Chadwick

First chance to hear Nigel Clarke’s cataclysmic viola response to Bruegel’s ‘Fall of the Rebel Angels’ To hear the whole set, click here: Brueg[h]el’s Brush

My interview with The Strad Magazine about my work with composer Michael Hersch, and our new release of his monumental work for piano and violin…

The greatest Danish composer was born on this day in 1865. Here is his wonderful little piece. ‘The Children are Playing’