David Gorton-Caprices (Live at ONLY CONNECT NPG)
David Gorton-Caprices (Live at ONLY CONNECT NPG) On the 9th September, I played all 7 of David Gorton ‘s Carprices as part of my exhibition,…
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David Gorton-Caprice 7 ‘Only Connect’ (Sneak Peak….)
Workshop performance-before premiere on the 9th September at National Portrait Gallery. David Gorton-Caprice 7 ‘Only Connect’ (Sneak Peak….)
Paganini and Posture
Paganini and Ketch Secor at the Hollywood Bowl I am fascinated by the legacy of Paganini’s posture, depicted again and again, with enormous consistency by…
Mihailo Trandafilovski-the composer’s hand
Mihailo Trandafilovski-work in progress I am fascinated by mark making. As an artist myself, my approach to the violin, to articulation, to colour, has and…
Elliott Schwartz-Tapestry
Elliott Schartz-‘Tapestry’ November 3rd 2006 Library of Congress Nicole Johnson-Cello (Stradivari ‘Castelbarco’), Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Guarneri del Gesu ‘Kreisler’), Aaron Shorr-Piano Recording courtesy LOC.…
Americans in Paris:The Lost Generation
Americans in Paris:The Lost Generation ‘Miss Gertrude Stein as a Young Girl’ 25 11 17 Something new. Filmmaker Colin Still and I have made the first group…
August 2011
Niagara River at Lewiston, NY. August 2011
Bach.
Bach …. It is an awful truism to say that Bach is important to me. Ever since I played the whole cycle in one go…
Peter Fribbins-Faroese Fantasie
?Peter Fribbins-Faroese Fantasie March 18th 2011 (For Maria) incorporating the ballad ‘Sigmunds Kvæði’ Noregs menn,dansið væl í stillum; stillið tykkum allar, riddarar, Noregs men, dansið væl…
David Matthews-Sonatina (Unheard)
David Matthews-Sonatina Op 8 (1974-1978) Workshop recording: July 2011 (St Paul MN) Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin Although I have worked with David Matthews for many years,…
The Fog is Lifting
Carl Nielsen and 358 Danske Folkedansemelodier (Bind 1) I am fascinated by the link between the late Nielsen sound and the music of the…
Sadie Harrison-Process Notes (Summer 2011)
Sadie Harrison – Ballare un passacaglia di ombre (August 2011) World premiere performance. Nashville, 19 9 11 Notes from E mails-towards a piece: 6th June…
Paul Pellay-Fjord – Flamm Remembered – Flecks (Live)
Paul Pellay-Fjord – Flamm Remembered – Flecks (Live) Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Morgan Goff-Neil Heyde (Live) South London Gallery, London 2010 Camera-Colin Still (Optic Nerve) Sound- Jonathan…
Workshop in Pristina 2007
These pictures were taken during a series of workshops which Nigel Clarke and I gave in Pristina in 2007 . Typically, we like to work…
Lecturing in Nashville. Blair School of Music 2005
Trandafilovski-Star Factory
Trandafilovski-Star Factory Kreutzer Quartet (Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde) 22-4-2010 Michael Tippett Centre, Bath. This extraordinary piece was written for the…
Yigit Kolat-The Rite (Ayin) 2003
Yigit Kolat-The Rite (Ayin) 2003 Live Performance-Ankara 2003 Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin Aaron Shorr-Piano This performance was an unsuspected on. I had just completed a week…
Sibelius-Evening in the Spring
Sibelius- Evening in the Spring Op 117 (1929) Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Solo Violin/director I Solisti di Zagreb Lisinski Great Hall. 11th May 2002 I was introduced…
David Matthews-Adagio (Live performance in Zagreb 2002)
David Matthews-Adagio (Live performance in Zagreb 2002) Zagreb Soloists (Guest Director – Peter Sheppard Skaerved) Lisinski Great Hall, Zagreb (11th May 2002) This Adagio was…
Judith Bingham-The Lost Works of Paganini
Judith Bingham-The Lost Works of Paganini Ghiribizzo-
Poul Ruders-Summer’s Prelude and Winter’s Fugue
Poul Ruders-Summer’s Prelude and Winter’s Fugue (Live) British Premiere Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Stradivari 1698 ‘Joachim’) St Bartholomew the Great October 2010 Recording Courtesy of Colin…
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga-Quartet No 1
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga-Quartet No 1 in D minor LIVE Kreutzer Quartet (Peter Sheppard, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde) Durham Musicon Concert 2009
Laurie Bamon-The Wind
Laurie Bamon-The Wind (2010) Live Performance-London Premiere St Bartholomew the Great-Smithfield, London 2-6-2010 Solo Viola-Morgan Goff (Viola-Daniel Parker 1708) Violins-Preetha Narayanan, Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Alice…
Luca Mosca- Quartet
Luca Mosca- Quartet Live (World Premiere) (Biennale di Venezia) 2008 Kreutzer Quartet (Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde)
Goran Nachevski-6 Unformal Conversations (2004)
Goran Nachevski-6 Unformal Conversations (2004) LIVE Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin Aaron Shorr-Piano Days of Macedonian Music 2006 Recording Courtesy of SOCOM/MPT