Staffan Storm – A new work emerges
Swedish composer Staffan Storm has just sent me his new suite for violin alone. This is the second piece that he has written for me. Last night, I was able to spend the whole night working in close detail on…
First listen – Evis Sammoutis multi-layered solo pizzicato etude in the studio!
First listen – a single take of Evis Sammoutis extraordinary 7th Nivosia Etude ‘Cinyras’. 4 levels of simutaneuous pizzicato – RH on both sides of the bride, LH on both sides of the stopping finger. Col Legno, breathing, and bow…
Brueg[h]el’s Brush
Nigel Clarke’s ‘Brueg[h]el’s Brush’ – a personal view Peter Sheppard Skaerved Towards the end of 2023, Nigel Clarke and I started talking about Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.?1525-1530 – 1569). Over the past thirty years, our collaboration has been led…
David Hackbridge Johnson disc – First review!
First review! ‘The performances are (unsurprisingly) jaw-droppingly fine, while the recorded sound perfectly captures the rich complex tones of both instruments: the outstanding booklet comprises twenty-two packed pages of fascinatingly arcane notes.’ LINK Peter Sheppard Skærved violin/viola METIER MEX77148 Rather like the…
Celebrating a vital collaborator! Adaq Khan
It is the birthday (24th July) of engineer Adaq Khan. As a recording artist, sound is everything to me, and Adaq is an artist in sound. Working with him is absolute chamber music – he has the ability to think…
A violin for Dante
This project, my latest collaboration with the wonderful MIA Minneapolis Institute of Art, is a dialogue with the astonishing, 1546 Salviati tapestry of Dante & Virgil.. I am profoundly grateful to the team there, particularly Rachel MacGarry, Max Bryant and…
Nigel Clarke’s Bruegel cycle in the studio July 14th 2026
Here’s a first glimpse of what I have been doing in the studio in the past 24 hours. Here is the astonishing 25th movement of Nigel Clarke’s wonderful cycle inspired by Bruegel, in the studio. If you want to here…
Recording Evis Sammoutis ‘Nicosia Etudes’
One of the most wonderful projects that I have been involved in over the last few years is my ‘deep dive’ into the medieval culture of Cyprus with Evis Sammoutis. This has resulted in many outcomes, but central to it…
De Machy at Tremenheere
We filmed this in 2024, but this is the first time it has been released. Part of my ongoing collaboration with the wonderful Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens near Penzance
Percy Grainger – Room-music Tit-bits Nr.7 Arrival Platform Humlet (an exploration with boats and trains)
Percy Grainger – Room-music Tit-bits Nr.7 Arrival Platform Humlet Composed 1908. 1910, 1912. For Middle-fiddle single (viola solo) or massed middle-fiddles Last week I was bowled over by a film of the great wind orchestra conductor, Frederick Fennell (1904 –…