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…
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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…
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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…
Istanbul
Ankara 2007
Monterrey, Mexico
With Nigel Clarke in the Gobi Desert
Nigel Clarke-Loulan (Voices from the Sand) Unreleased session outtake. Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Stradivaria 1699 ‘Crespi’) Recorded 2003
Opening the composer’s workshop
Workshop at the Carl Nielsen Conservatory, Odense. Seated at right, composers Lars Bagger and Rasmus Zwicki. 2005 Photos: Richard Bram Go to:
Judith Bingham
The Premiere of Judith Bingham’s ‘Lost Works of Paganini’ in Genova. 2007 Peter has collaborated extensively on Judith Bingham since 2006. In that year, the…
Beethoven Explored
Peter and Aaron have taken ‘Beethoven Explored’ worldwide. What began as a research project supported by the Royal Academy of Music and the London College…
Gloria Coates in Billerbeck 2002
Gloria and I flew to Munster together on the concert morning, meeting the rest of the quartet who had taken an unconscionably early flight from…
Jörg Widmann ‘Etude 1- The breathing of Statues’ and ‘Etude 2’
Meeting Jörg Widmann 1990 Widmann-Etude Live Recording. London January 2009 Engineer-Colin Still (Optic Nerve) March 2003 In March 2003 Peter Sheppard Skaerved recorded works written…
Dimensions of the Clouds
Dimensions of the Clouds In March 1991, I visited Istanbul for the first time. There were two concerts on the agenda; one a performance…
Thomas Simaku wins BCA
Last night Thomas Simaku won the BCA award for an an instrumental solo or duo, with his Soliloquy 5, Flauto Acerbo. Congratulations!Thomas has been working…
Michael Alec Rose
Peter was introduced to Michael Alec Rose in 2004 by the late George Rochberg. Their meeting resulted in an immediate and intense collaboration. In the…
Richard Bram
American photographer Richard Bram has been an essential collaborator for many years. He has a unique eye for the process of making music, and has…