Peter Dickinson: Chamber & Instrumental Music Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Roderick Chadwick, Kreutzer Quartet

• Peter Dickinson (b. 1934): Violin Sonata:
• 1 Violin Sonata: I. Fast 03:59
• 2 Violin Sonata: II. Slow 04:33
• 3 Violin Sonata: III. Fast 04:15
• Peter Dickinson:
• 4 Air (Arr. for Solo Violin) 03:33
• 5 Metamorphosis (Arr. for Solo Violin) 04:19
• String Quartet No. 1:
• 6 String Quartet No. 1: I. Allegro molto 04:55
• 7 String Quartet No. 1: II. Lento 04:28
• 8 String Quartet No. 1: III. Allegro misterioso 03:55
• Peter Dickinson:
• 9 Fantasia for Solo Violin 09:20
• The Unicorns:
• 10 The Unicorns: Lullaby (Arr. for Violin & Piano) 03:20
• String Quartet No. 2:
• 11 String Quartet No. 2: I. Quarter Note = 50 14:32
• 12 String Quartet No. 2: II. Rag 01:40
• Peter Dickinson:
• 13 Quintet Melody for Solo Violin 02:33
• Violin Concerto:
• 14 Violin Concerto: IIc. Tranquillo (Version for Violin & Piano) 06:01
• Total Runtime 01:11:23

Info for Peter Dickinson: Chamber & Instrumental Music

As pianist, writer and academic, Peter Dickinson – Lancashire-born in 1934 – has been one of the mainstays of British musical life for decades. Alongside these activities he is also a highly regarded composer, whose music, reconciling modernism and tradition, speaks directly to its listeners. This album presents works from the earlier part of his career, with an expressive range between delicate lyricism and wild, freewheeling energy, animated by a keen sense of instrumental drama.

Peter Sheppard Skærved, violin (tracks 1-5, 9, 10, 13, 14)
Roderick Chadwick, piano (tracks 1-3, 10, 14)
Kreutzer Quartet (tracks 6-9, 11-12)

Peter Sheppard Skærved
is the dedicatee of well over 200 works for solo violin, by composers such as George Rochberg, Judith Weir, Michael Finnissy, and Hans Werner Henze. He regularly appears as soloists in over 30 countries. His discography is extensive, ranging from cycles of sonatas by Beethoven and Telemann, the complete quartets of David Matthews, Michael Tippett, and cycles of concerti from Haydn to Henze.

He has won awards from the BBC Music Magazine, been nominated for a Gramophone Award, as well as a GRAMMY for a concerto recording in 2007. He records for NMC, Chandos, Naxos, Metier and Toccata. Director of an acclaimed series of concerts at Wiltons Music Hall in London, Peter Sheppard Skærved is the founder and leader of the Kreutzer Quartet and the Munich-based Ensemble Triolog. He regularly appears as director and soloist with ensembles such as the Zagreb Soloists and Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen. Peter Sheppard Skærved is the only British violinist to have been invited to play on Paganini’s violin il Cannone more than once (five times in particular) and he regularly gives recitals on the prestigious collection of historic instruments at the Library of Congress, Washington. He is also acclaimed for his collaborative work with museums, working regularly with the British Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Tate Galleries, Victoria and Albert Museum and worldwide. He plays on a 1698 Stradivari owned by Joseph Joachim from the collections of the Royal Academy of Music, where he is the Fellow of Performance Studies.

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