November 2019

Reflections on playing Beethoven Op 132 30 11 19 Writing about performance is necessarily reflective. In my case, I finish a concert, travel home, and then sink into a black of hole of ‘I am never going to play again’…

Beethoven and Haydn – Two late works . A player’s perspective. was written as a programme article for the Kreutzer ‘The two quartets heard in tonight’s concert qualify as ‘late works’. Over many years playing and studying this works,…

I make no apology for the fact that, this week, I want to write a about detail, particularly the relationship between technical and musical priorities on the the violin. This will be pretty nerdy, so if you aren’t really, really,…

January 10th, January 23rd, February 7th, March 5th. Scroll down for details! Friday January 10th 6pm St Mary Aldemary -Watling Street, London EC4M 9BW Admission: £12 (£5 Concessions) on the door or from www.peter-sheppard-skaerved.com Programme to include:Westhoff – A Major…

St Edmund’s Chapel Dover  Saturday October 26th 630pm Peter Sheppard Skærved – Violins Peter Sheppard Skærved – ‘St Edmunds Chapel – Gaudete cum lætitia’ 2019 (world premiere) Peter Sheppard Skærved writes: ‘I was first introduced to this amazing building seven…

NB – newer postings here will be added at the bottom, sequentially. 18 11 19 This week, I am going to post about notation and creativity. This has been inspired by the day that I spent working on the work…

A week of reflection about being a quartet player. The posts will appear in reverse order, as I will place them at the top of the page each time I write Rehearsal wrangling, composer wrangling – 17 11 19 I…

It’s a great evening. I am back home, with a pot of tea, on the sofa, after spending a day doing the thing I love: my job. But, looking at this picture taken after recording Gregory Rose’s Concerto today, at…

12/11/19 Things to be done. Practice/Practise So this morning, after a day recording yesterday , I confess I am moving to the violin slowly, tentatively. The quartet will meet to rehearse late Beethoven this evening, which will concentrate the mind,…

Reporting Back: Mihailo Trandafilovski talks about this work at the CMRU, Goldsmiths, University of London 31 10 19 It fascinates me, that I can work extremely closely with friends, and yet, when they stand up to talk in detail about…