Mihailo Trandafilovski-‘Song-Rotation’ (New Work) -will be premiered at Wilton’s Music Hall on the 6th June. Nothing excites me more that the teeming fervour of Trandafilovski’s musical hand. So much can be learnt about his particular lyricism from seeing this, that…
David Matthews-Two Chants Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Stradivari 1698 ‘Joachim’ Bow by Stephen Bristow) Engineer-Jonathan Haskell-Astounding Sounds Recorded 2010 (Aldbury Parish Church) David Matthews has written me 3 Chants for solo violin. Here are two of them-their title is self explanatory,…
Paul Pellay-‘Four Guys in a Room’ (String Quartet) DEDICATED TO WILTONS MUSIC HALL Workshop Session-London 12th April 2012 with Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde, Mihailo Trandafilovski Workshop extracts from ‘Four Guys….’ Opening the workshop door, opening up the…
David Matthews-2nd Quartet Op 16(1974-1980) Sonata Scherzo Elegy R.S. in memoriam (outtakes of recording session 29 1 14) Kreutzer Quartet (Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Morgan Goff, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Neil Heyde) Engineer-Jonathan Haskell David Matthews’s 2nd Quartet was written between 1974…
Update The Baltimore workshop and concert was just a beginning. Since then, I have been in touch with a number of the young composers and players from Peabody. Composers Alican Camci, Zhangyi Chen, and Faye Chiao have sent me fascinating solo…