Westhoff in Grenoble - his 1694 imitation of bells, live in Grenoble, two weeks ago. I found the extraordinary image of travellers crossing the nearby Alps, in the wonderful city museum. It was painted by Francesco Foschi in 1750 youtu.be/j-1NtB7owK4

First chance to hear Evis Sammoutis's newest 'Nicosia Etude' No 7 'Cinyras'. Live in Grenoble last week. Watch out for the whole concert www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiIo...

Coffee and Alexander Calder - 'Les Trois Pics' 1968 Gare Nouvelle, Grenoble

I succeeded in uploading this this morning without the ending...now, that's more like it! youtu.be/EjbOqJJ9tTA?...

First chance to hear - the haunting funeral march from David Hackbridge Johnson's 3rd Sonata ( outtakes from last week's recording with Roderick Chadwick & Adaq Khan. The picture is the Collégiale Saint-André de Grenoble, yesterday youtu.be/rP8ECzVkxhE

A pause for thought, this morning ,at the crossing of Notre Dame de Rouen

After the performance Xenakis , Evis Sammoutis and then this!

At my practice desk in the attic of a house near the cathedral here in Notre Dame, going into the detal of Evis Sammoutis's etude based on Virelai 4 (Cyprus Codex) - almost exactly contemporary to the 'Tour de Buerre' which I can see from my table here youtube.com/playlist?lis...

More from last week in the studio - a glimpse of Martin Ellerby's 'A Violin in the Ashmolean' www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1nm...

First chance to hear - session outtakes of David Hackbridge Johnson's radiant 4th Sonata for piano and violin. Raw materials from the weekend recording with Roderick Chadwick, engineer Adaq Khan at St Michaels' Highgate www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nku6...

Now online www.thestrad.com/.../what-we-... Photos by Richard Bram & Suzi Maeder

An extraordinary experience: recording Martin Ellerby’s glorious cycle of solo works responding to the Ashmolean Museum Jonathan Haskell doing great work in the engineer’s chair Watch this space for the results! And note the precisesimplicity of recording solo violin-just years discussing sound!

Off to spend the day with Evis Sammoutis in Oxford. Here's the Etude he wrote for Paganini's wonderful Vuillame, filmed by Malene Sheppard Skaerved and Immo Horn in the Palazzo Rosso www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezHD...

Talking about wonderful Priaulx Rainier this evening with Martin Ellerby. I have been playing her astonishing chamber works for 30 years, so here's the extraordinary 'Incantation', with Roderick Chadwick youtu.be/q2BGQuGeZqc?... (the image is mine - the River Crouch)

Talking with a fellow musician about American composers in Paris in the 1920s. So here's my completion/response to George Antheil's unfinished solo sonata for Olga Rudge (in the picture they are playing in Ezra Pound's apartment in Paris in 1923) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl1w...

On the overnight practice table – detailed technical work on extraordinary sonatas by David Hackbridge Johnson which Roderick Chadwick and I will record at the end of the month. +3 favourite East Anglian pebbles Here is one of David beautiful pieces for solo Violin youtu.be/CcAFz0yYUHE?...

Today! 6pm! Free! Works by three wonderful composers, who will be there! www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

The end of an exciting evening - with our dear composers - David Matthews and Martin Ellerby, inviting Linda Merrick to the stage, after Schubert had thrown his thunderbolts (the G Major/minor Quartet!) - Beethoven had kicked things off Lovely photo by Richard Bram

It's Naji Hakim's birthday. Tillykke! Here's my playlist of some of his wonderful pieces for solo violin www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Overnight work on Martin Ellerby's beautiful new 'A Viola on Orkney'. Listen below to his beautiful Sonata for piano and viola here (with Roderick Chadwick) www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SbD...

Delight: back with our dear friend, collaborator and inspiration- the wonderful artist Joanna Jones celebrating at her home in Dover

Some thoughts on collaboration filmed in New College Chapel a few months sgo www.facebook.com/share/r/1BKX...

Coming soon in The Strad. Some thoughts about teachers and more

Saturday morning on the river

Just a glimpse of last night www.youtube.com/watch?v=jad0...

Something to get you going this morning. Aaron Shorr and I playing Paul Moravec's wonderful 'Ariel Fantasy' www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9HP...

In the middle of a conversation about Schubert with the great Toke Lund Christiansen, and thought I would share this - the most-read article on my rattlebag of a website. www.peter-sheppard-skaerved.com/2009/12/troc...

Rehearsal in one of my favourite haunts- before last night's evening of Robert Saxton, Telemann, T S Eliot, Guy Gallo, Siegfried Sassoon and H C Andersen Photo Malene Sheppard Skaerved

Concert day calm Coffee and boats

Just working on the upcoming release of Jim Aitchison piano quintets on Metier/Divine Art Here's part of the process towards the 2nd Quintet - at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens www.youtube.com/watch?v=P69W...

Day of wonder- exploring the wonderful new quartet written for us by the great Edwin Roxburgh Watch this space!

Coming up Thursday - celebrating a dialogue between Telemann and Robert Saxton - book here, on the door, or message me www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fantasie-a...

Mystery for your morning. What is this exquisite piano/violin writing? In rehearsal with Roderick Chadwick yesterday!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_sX...

I was, as every, so happy to sit and plot with my friend and collaborator Staffan Storm today - here's a reminder of his wonderful violin pieces for last year's project www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E6s...

First chance to hear (if you couldn't be there) our premiere of Nicola LeFanu's rapturous duo inspired by an extraordinary Norman space youtu.be/ozLQU6cxKoU

I got to know Petr Pokorný (1932–2008) Brno,: the last time that we met, over a lovely supper with Pavel Novak, he gave me this lovely piece youtu.be/S4lKUv8h6MY

Inspired by two great instruments, a wonderful space, two great composers, and a great friend - with Nicola LeFanu, Daniel Parker (x2), Mozart, and Morgan Goff at the end of an amazing day at the 12th century church of St Mary Iffley. Photos thanks to Malene Sheppard Skaerved & Gerald Garcia

In preparation for Sunday's LeFanu/Mozart extravaganza at St Mary the Virgin Iffley, here is the premiere of her wonderful response to the Grinling Gibbons panel at Fairfax House, York, filmed live under Covid restrictions at the Jack Lyons Hall in 2020 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy3-...

Another extraordinary violin - Kreutzer, in revolutionary mood, meets Paganini's wonderful del Gesu www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psfz...

Another extraordinary violin - Kreutzer, in revolutionary mood, meets Paganini's wonderful del Gesu www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psfz...

Very proud to be a small part of this extraordinary project vimeo.com/1077988406

Etched: a stroll Wapping Waterloo Wapping to end the evening of conversation with Nigel Clarke

Here's some Baltzar, and quite a viola, for Saturday - and an interesting scordatura www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj6H... @metmuseum.org

Morning coffee in Wapping buy our river, with the Doggett's Coat and Badge, the oldest continuous rowing race in the world. Every year on this river since 1715 But I’ve never seen so many boats, they rowed rowing past me on the flood tide for over an hour n

Today's celebration, on the workdesk - William Hogarth's 'Laughing Audience' ( an orginal 1733 copy). Come to this evening's celebration w/ Malene Sheppard Skaerved Julian Perkins hogarthshouse.org/events_exhib...

A joyful and exciting day digging deep into glorious clarinet quintets by David Hackbridge Johnson and David Matthews with the gang -with Linda Merick, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde

Doing my thing this evening at Royal Academy of Music

For your diary @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social - Luke Lewis, Nigel Clarke & David Matthews at the George Wood Theatre And it's free - thanks to Imogen Burman-Mitchell for the collaboration ! www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

Hogarth was obsessed with music, and had quite a dim view of violinists (his 'Enrag'd Musician' is probably Castrucci). Come along to Chiswick next week, to the church where he is buried, where Malene Sheppard Skaerved, Julian Perkins, and I will explore this, hogarthshouse.org/events_exhib...

Tomorrow I am giving a presentation about my 'Knowledge Exchange Violin' project at the RAM. It's not public, but here is my playlist of films associated with it - made in Genova, New York, Oxford, Malmo, DC, St Paul, Minneapolis, Leighton Moss, Penzance - Explore here youtube.com/playlist?lis...