John McCabe
With John MCabe-Burgh House, 2007 On the 15th June 2011, the Kreutzers will premiere John McCabe’s new Clarinet Quintet with Linda Merrick at the Royal…
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Thoughts on Paganini and England
Click on Paganini and Eliasson Preparations for Paganini’s Arrival in London-1831 (10-12-09) “For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour…
Carl Nielsen Conservatory-Odense
Working with young bassists at the Carl Nielsen Conservatory, Odense. Photo Richard Bram
Jeremy Dale Roberts
Studying Jeremy Dale Robert’s Croquis was a turning point for us all. It also gave us all pause-how can an absolute masterwork, be totally neglected…
Schubert and the violin
Discussion continues within the Quartet as to where Schubert’s crazy late violin writing comes from. Imagine him handing the last movement of the G…
Elliott Schwartz – composer
Elliott Schwartz and Peter Sheppard Skaerved have been collaborating for over a decade-following a much earlier meeting. This collaboration has resulted in countlesss performances of…
Shibboleth – Opening the Salon Door
Opening the Salon Door Text of Talk given at SOUNDBOX,RAM 2008 It is perhaps appropriate that we discuss the question of the Salon here, in…
Wesley, Bach, Bridgetower
George August Polgren Bridgetower and Bach On reading The Letters of Samuel Wesley/Professional and Social Correspondence 1797-1837. Philip Olleson. Oxford University Press. 2001. Samuel…
Library of Congress
Library of Congress-Washington In November 2006, I was lucky enough to be invited to play a concert with Aaron Shorr, and members of the wonderful…
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
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Elgar and Heifetz’s Third Finger
Elgar – A minor Etude Characteristique 1882 Peter Sheppard Skaerved – Violin (Stradivari 1698 ‘Joachim’) Bow – Tubbs (given to Elgar) Elgar Meets Heifetz On…
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony-a side look…
A side look at Beethoven 9. Talk given as part of the ‘Barbirolli Lecture’ series at the Royal Academy of Music. 2008 On the…
Composers and performers multitask
Work on ‘Il Cannone’
October 20th 2014. I have been asked to write a short piece talking about the experience of performing on Paganini’s wonderful violin on Gut strings.…
Paganini
First meeting with Il Cannone. June 2005. Genoa Photo: Anna Rita Certo Peter began collaboration with the City of Genoa in 2005. Since then, he…
Pre-Concert Talk-‘The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters’
‘The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters’ (Pre-Concert Talk.Given at Wilton’s Music Hall January 4th 2009) Two versions of Telemann’s signature The very first time that…
Kreutzers at Wilton’s
Schubert and Mendelssohn at Wilton’s Music Hall December 2009 Schubert Update: link On the 13th December, the Kreutzers will be back at Wilton’s…
Kreutzer Quartet at York University
Kreutzer Quartet at York University The Kreutzers are ‘Ensemble in Residence’ the University of York. On the 15th December they will be giving…
George Rochberg
George Rochberg -Caprice Variations Conversations and Commentaries listen: Rochberg-Pachelbel Variations (Authorised Transcription by Peter Sheppard Skaerved) I Solisti di Zagreb (directed by PSS) (From conversations…
Schubert-Quintets from beginning to end
Schubert-The Strange case of the Quintet Pre-concert talk/lecture-given at York University, and Royal Academy of Music. Autumn 2009 Arnold Schoenberg to Bud Behrens, January…
Mendelssohn, Goethe, Andersen.
Bach, Goethe and Hans Christian Andersen Transcription of a pre concert talk given at Wilton’s Music Hall. December 2008 Most musicians discover the Mendelssohn Octet…
Bursting open the salon doors
Bursting open the Salon Doors Talk given at Wilton’s Music Hall-30th November 2008 The one unifying feature of most late 18th century chamber…