David Matthews-Little Pastorale
David Matthews-Little Pastorale Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Stradivari 1698-Joachim) Outtake-29-06-2011 (Recording Engineer-Jonathan Haskell {Astounding Sounds})
October 2011
Niccolo Paganini-Caprices live
Paganini Caprice 6 Paganini-Caprice 13 Paganini-Caprice 20 Paganini-Caprice 23 Paganini Caprice 24 Paganini Caprice ‘Adieu a Londres’ Paganini Caprice ‘Nel Cor piu non mi sento'( Magdeburg Version)
Revolution
Revolution LINK to Viotti in Washington The French revolution depended on music, and musicians, to spread its message, like no political movement before. For hundreds of years, the Church had relied on music for its propagandising; choir schools had trained…
His Violin (Viotti today)
His Violin Link to Viotti-Suonata For most of the time, the violin hangs, alone, gently glowing in the corner of the gallery on the Marylebone Road. The light is set just high enough that the visitor can register its exquisite…
Viotti & the Revolutionary Violin in Washington
Viotti & the Revolutionary Violin in Washington Lecture Recital given at the Library of Congress- May 9th 2009 Peter Sheppard Skaerved playing Violins by Stradivari (Castelbarco, Betts), del Gesu (Kreisler), & W E Hill and Sons Click on the ‘play’…
Paganini texts in the Library of Congress Washington/Paganini Project
Paganini in Washington. A long term collaboration with the collections of the Library of Congress-Washington Paganini never visited America, although the subject of a tour came up a number of times. Letter from J Watson. New York, 8 November 1835,…
Giovanni Battista Viotti-Suonata
Giovanni Battista Viotti-Suonata Suonata: coll’accompagnamento d’un basso per esser ambedue parti suonate par un violino solo Live Performance. Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Stradivari ‘Betts’ Library of Congress, Washington DC May 9th 2009 The violinists of the revolutionary generation produced a large number…
Michael Woldemar-Rêves 1 & 5
Michael Woldemar-Rêve 1 Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Stradivari ‘Betts’ Library of Congress Washington (Coolidge Auditorium) ‘Objet de mon amour Je te demande un jour Avant l’aurore’ (Gluck) Michael Woldemar-Rêve 5 Peter Sheppard Skaervved-Richard Duke ca. 1750, ‘Tartini’ bow by Antonino Airenti 2011…
Paganini’s dream of ravioli and chamber music….
On Wednesday 19th, at the Library of Congress I was handed this wonderful document from their collections-a rather alarming recipe for Ravioli! Food was very important to Paganini, and particularly Genovese cuisine. In his letters, from the time he left…
David Matthews-Variation on a Theme by Diabelli
THIS JUST IN! Monday 17th September.A few days ago I received a package and postcard from David Matthews: The postcard, dated 11-October 2011, incluldes the following-“Here is a another trifle which may amuse you. I wrote a 34th Diabelli Variation…