Jim Aitchison-Portraits for a Study (First Performance)

First performance-Royal Academy of Music/Falmouth University/Goldsmiths College/Yamaha London

The end of ‘371 Chorales’ 22nd February 2014

First listen:

Jim Aitchison-Portraits for a Study (48 Portraits) after Gerhard Richter (1st Movement)

Live 22nd February 2014 Kreutzer Quartet (Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde)

Here-the mutes which Morgan is using!

Getting ready for the Jim Aitchison event at the Royal Academy of Music-tonight at 730om (Admission Free), with the team from Yamaha, Falmouth University, the Kreutzer Quartet and Roderick Chadwich.

Neil Heyde and Mihailo Trandafilovski discussing the score of Jim Aitchison’s ‘Portraits for a Study’ 22 2 14

And an excuse to hear Jim’s great ‘Fugue Refractions’ which he composed for my British Museum project

(After the Laocoon Group)

Peter Sheppard Skaerved
Session <strong>outtakes</strong> 17 05 2010
Tring Parish Church
Engineer Jonathan Haskell-Astounding Sounds

I – Fugue Refractions 1

II Molto piu mosso

III Veloce e misterioso  

Jim Aitchison’s <a href=”http://www.jimaitchison.com/”>website</a> is fascinating. Take a look!