All Peter Sheppard Skærved articles
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VideoBorn on this day: violinist Pierre Rode
For the 250th anniversary of the virtuoso French violinist and composer Pierre Rode’s birth on 16 February, violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved performs his Caprice no.16 on Rode’s own Stradivari and explains what Rode’s legacy means to him
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Article‘My whole person was struck by extraordinary tones’: G.B. Viotti on the ‘Ranz des Vaches’
In the March 2023 issue, violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved discusses his love for this short piece by Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824).
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VideoPeter Sheppard Skærved gives an open-air performance of Viotti’s Ranz des Vaches
The British violinist chose the piece as his Sentimental Work for the March 2023 issue
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ReviewPeter Sheppard Skærved: Cowie
Captivating avian homage to Messiaen by senior British composer
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ReviewPeter Sheppard Skærved: Hallgrímsson
Seriously playful collection of musical sketches by Icelandic composer
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ReviewPeter Sheppard Skærved: Schubert
A light but not lightweight approach imbues this with a sense of wonder
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ReviewPeter Sheppard Skærved: The Great Violins, Vol. 3: Antonio Stradivari 1685
Beautiful playing in a fascinating exploration of a 17th-century manuscript