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Kurtag-Schleedoyer 1

Gyorgy Kurtag-Schleedoyer Fragment 1 Live performance. York 8th May 2008 Kreutzer Quartet PSS, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde  

South London Gallery-reporting back….

Southwark Walks     This was a most inspiring evening. It was dreamt up and put together by Helen Starr, of FuseArts, and Mihailo Trandafilovski, to bring…

John Ogdon-Solo Sonata

John Ogdon – Sonata (1969): Peter Sheppard Skaerved-violin December 9th 1990 Blackheath Concert Halls Engineer: John Taylor The Music of John Ogdon To my surprise…

Celebrating David Matthews

This week, we will be celebrating the chamber music of the David Matthews. This coincides with the release of the first volume of the complete…

British Museum Project

Playing Dmitri Smirnov’s ‘Amore Sola’ in the Enlightenment gallery-the composer keeping a very close eye! Photo: Richard Bram              …

Etudes develop

Two sketches for studies. One for slides, one for scales.

Beethoven-Eroica!

Beethoven-Eroica Symphony Op 55 Scherzo Eroica   PSS-Violin, Dov Scheindlin-Viola, Neil Heyde-Cello, Aaron Shorr-Piano Live performance London 2004 Recording Engineer: Jonathan Haskell www.astoundingsounds.co.uk

Volodymyr Runchak-Works for Violin

Volodymyr Runchak-non-concerto 1 + 16 PSS-Violin Conductor-Volodymyr Runchak Ukrainian Symphony Orchestra Hall of Columns, K’yiv 2000 1+16… Volodymyr Runchak-Sounds re-sounds PSS-Violin, Piano, Voice. Odessa 1999…

Beethoven-Fugues (1794-5)

In 1794 Beethoven began studying counterpoint with Albrechtsberger. He wrote three works in the style of his teachers ‘sonatas’-slow movements with fugues. Here are two…

Beethoven Explored-Small Miracles

In the years exploring Beethoven, some of the most touching discoveries have been from peforming the many canons and fragments that flooded from the composer’s…

Neil Heyde

 Neil Heyde is one of the most innovative musicians active today. His work extends from ground breaking research and performance in the work of Debussy,…

FELIKSAS BAJORAS

Feliksas Bajoras (B.1934)- Pieces for Violin and Piano (1973) London Premiere-2001 PSS-Violin (Stradivari 1734 ‘Habeneck’) Tamami Honma-Piano I am very grateful to the pianist Tamami Honma…

François Antoine Habeneck-12 Preludes

François Antoine Habeneck-12 Preludes Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin Stradivari 1699  Engineer-Jonathan Haskell (Astounding Sounds)  The violinist François Antoine Habeneck was the first great string player to…

Hummel-Op 5 No 3

Hummel-Sonata Op 5 no 3 Andante Cantabile PSS-Violin Aaron Shorr Piano Hummel Concert Performance: 2003 St Johns Smith Square (Beethoven Explored Series) Engineer: Jonathan Haskell…

Marcin Banasik-Strength

Marcin Banasik-Strength I met Marcin Banasik when he was still a student at York University. ‘Strength’ comes from a st of three pieces  called Three…

Nefes

Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Nefes ‘Breath’ Ensemble Sodio e Asfalto. Mexico City 2004 Memory of ‘opening the composer’s workshop in Mexico City Here is a piece which I…