Rehearsal-Photo Malene Skaerved
Peter Sheppard-Skaerved reflects on the first event of ‘Preludes & Vollenteries’, which took place last night at St Stephen Walbrook:
"An inspiring start to this exploration of 17th Century music, architecture and instruments. There’s so much to discover, but what strikes me most of all, the morning after the event, is the shaping of space and time, that the music, the instruments and the building, in combination demands; and, perhaps most of all, how that develops, deepens, when the space is a listening space-when we (performer and audience) listen to each other, listening to each other, listening to the space. Even in the very centre of London, there’s no limit to how quiet this listening can take the music. For me, a revelation."
‘Preludes & Vollenteries’ is a series of salons inspired by the architecture of the Square Mile, the astonishing churches built and restored in the years after the Great Fire of 1666. Yesterday’s concert brought together music by musicians whose careers flowered in London and works by composer/violinists published in the ‘Square Mile’ at the end of the 17th Century.
Listen to last night's concert by clicking here. The next concert will be 6pm on the 29th September at St Margaret Lothbury.
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