March 2012

Select Preludes and Vollentaries (1705)

Select Preludes and Vollentaries for the Violin (Pub. Walsh and Hart, London 1705) Link to Torelli and Anne Finch‘ Workshop recordings: Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violins (Stradivari & Duke, Bows by Airenti) Wapping/Baltimore April 2012 No 2 Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)- E minor Prelude…

Elliott Schwartz-‘Graffiti’ Workshop Page

Elliott Schwartz-‘Graffiti’ Workshop Page LINK TO SCHWARTZ IN CONVERSATION The composer writes: ‘This piece is a thoroughly revised version of an earlier piece (with the same title) orignally composed in 1967. it is dedicated, with great affection, to Peter Sheppard…

Quartet Now (in preparation)

The Quartet Now Peter Sheppard Skærved Kreutzer Quartet (Peter Sheppard Skærved, Neil Heyde, Morgan Goff, Mihailo Trandafilovski) Never before has there been such richness and diversity of new works written for string quartet. The Kreutzer Quartet, dedicatees of hundreds of…

Cast Courts-New Project at the V & A

Casts Courts -New Project at the V & A September 14th 2012 7.3opm Cast Courts Victoria and Albert Museum,Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin Guest Artist-Carly Lake-Horn Peter has collaborated with the V & A twice before, giving…

David Matthews-Works for Solo Violin

David Matthews-Works for Solo Violin Peter Sheppard Skærved February 2012   In the winter of 1993, I was preparing a series of Bach concerts for Taiwan and Japan. The rehearsals took place in a dark and cold church in North…

Ansgar Beste & Peter Sheppard Skaerved Workshop/seminar

Ansgar Beste & Peter Sheppard Skaerved Workshop Norwegian Music Academy – Oslo 26th March 2012 Extract 1-pizzicato (on Bartok, Biber, Ligeti, Stockhausen, Elgar, Glasounov. NB-note contribution from cellist Tanja Orning:Extract 2-battuto (on Finnissy, Lachenmann, guitarists, Crumb, chopsticks, thermometers, and knitting…

All’arme & An Arch Never Sleeps

All’arme & An Arch Never Sleeps-recording works by Michael Alec Rose Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Stradivari 1698 ‘Joachim’) Carly Lake-Horn*, Rachel Meerloo-Bass# Engineer -Jonathan Haskell. Session Outtakes (unedited) Michael Alec Rose-Air Air is the only work here which was not written…

Dr Johnson and Mr Savage & Hubbert Peak

Michael Alec Rose and the Kreutzer Quartet walked out across the beautiful fields of Hertfordshire, to record his three quartet movements, Hubbert Peak (premiered at Tate St Ives), and his violin/cello duo  Doctor Johnson & Mr Savage, written for the glorious atmosphere of Wilton’s…

Journal Pages-Back in London, March 2012

Journal Pages-Back in London, March 2012 It is always interesting seeing what we notice, coming home. This time, returning from Tennessee it was the beauty on the Tube.