Spencer Topel-Torre for solo violinPeter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin Workshop Recording London August 31st 2012 In 2007 I was visiting Cornell University to give concerts and a workshop. I met with the very impressive young composer Spencer Topel, who gave me this lovely…
I must go out in the world, to bring my spark to a flame Hans Christian Andersen’s acquaintance with Ole Bull is an intriguing one. I find it fascinating because the two had so much in common. But perhaps the…
The secret of collaging….Elliott Schwartz at Work Elliott once told me that one of his images for the musical imagination was ‘driving down the freeway, fiddling with the car radio, skipping from channel to channel, music to music, voice to…
In August 1834 Ole Bull was in Padua, where he met a 90-year old violinist who had been a student of Tartini, who had died 64 years earlier. He wrote to his mother: “I sought him out, and begged him…
For Fred Newman 20 08 12 (Lecture & a Hymn) Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (plus Foghorns in the Bay of Biscay) [audio: ]
Ole Bull-Halling til Studenternes Selskab den 10de December 1848Workshop recording, London 31st August 2012 Peter Sheppard Skaerved Ole Bull-Fanitulla (His transcription today housed in the Univeristetsbibliothek, Oslo) Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Workshop Recording, London August 29th 2012) From the 28th to…
Mendelssohn-D minor Violin Concerto (Slow Movement-reconstruction of original version by Peter Sheppard Skaerved) Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin/Director with Rachel Meerloo, Aisha Orazabayeva, Valerie Wellbanks, Jess Hayes, Diana Mathews, Morgan Goff, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Annabelle Berthome-Reynolds, Alice Barron, Preetha Narayanan, Midori Komachi, Steven…
Elliott Schwartz-2nd Quartet ‘For Louise and Aaron’ European Premiere. 13th July 2012 St Johns Church, Waterloo (Waterloo Festival) Kreutzer Quartet (Peter…
Judith Bingham & Paganini’s ‘Red Book’ at Wilton’s – SoundBox More on the ‘Red Book’ LINK 14th August 2012 Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin/Speaker Judith Bingham- Composer
A thoughtful review of David Matthews’s masterpiece, with Sibelius at King’s Place. Live performances recorded at Wilton’s below Kreutzer Quartet (Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde, Mihailo Trandafilovski) Live at the glorious Wilton’s Music Hall 19th June 2011 Recording…