July 2015

Like so many musicians, I am fascinated by studies. At least twice a year I lay my more regular concert repertoire to once side, and explore the etudes of a specific violin What I have found, and this is, I…

Today was a day of inspiration from composers. Beginning with morning coffee and conversation, a conversation which has been going on for decades with Gloria Coates. Here’s a first chance to hear live extracts from our concert of her music…

Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Niccolo Amati 1647 ‘Ole Bull’) Roderick Chadwick-Piano Engineer-Jonathan Haskell Session Outtakes 7 7 15 St Michael’s Highgate Ole Bull – Aurora Ole Bull-Et Saeterbesog Edvard Grieg (arr. Emile Sauret) Two Songs (Andersen) Op 5 ‘Jeg Elsker Dig’…

Roger Redgate-Quartet No 4 (World Premiere) Kreutzer Quartet Peter Sheppard Skaerved Mihailo Trandafilovski Morgan Goff Neil Heyde Wilton’s Music Hall. June 16th Recording courtesy of Colin Still (Optic Nerve) The Kreutzer Quartet would like to acknowledge the generous support of…

David Matthews-15 Preludes Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Girolamo Amati 1629) Session outtakes-unedited 2 6 15 . St John the Baptist, Aldbury Engineer-Jonathan Haskell Musical Supervision-David Matthews Sonata (1975-revised 2015)  Quasi Cadenza -Prestissimo  Lento, flessibile Allegro non troppo   Prelude 1 (for…