August 2012

Henze-Elegie (From 5 Night-pieces, dedicated to Peter Sheppard Skaerved 1990) Peter Sheppard Skaerved and Aaron Shorr  

Mendelssohn-Octet (live at Wilton Music Hall 2012) Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Miahilo Trandafilovski, Midori Komachi, Aisha Orazbayeva, Morgan Goff, Diana Mathews, Val Wellbanks, Jess Hayes Recording courtesy of Colin Still (Optic Nerve) Aisha, Morgan, Diana, Valerie, Jessica (Mendelssohn Octet) Most musicians discover…

Gottfried Finger-E major Prelude (from ‘Select Preludes and Vollenteries’ Walsh 1705) -introduction and a little help from Sir Isaac Newton Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Workshop Recording New York City 8th August 2012)

David Matthews-Prelude for Jenifer Wakelyn Following on from his lovely prelude for Judith Bingham, David has now written one for his wife, Jenifer Wakelyn, which will eventually join up with the 15th Fugue . I have spent the afternoon here in…

[In preparation-August 2012]  Antoine Bott-Caprices in the manner of Paganini Ludwig Spohr wrote of Paganini’s visit to Cassel: “In June 1830, Paganini came to Cassel, and gave two concerts in the theatre, which were of the highest interest to me.…