June 1, 2019

Totally inspiring day at the Rural Life Centre, Farnham Common. This was a project devised by Peter Sheppard Skærved and conservationist and author Laurence Rose, celebrating the field cricket: one of England’s most threatened species, supported by ‘Back from the Brink’ – a wonderful and ambitious conservation project with the aim “to bring back from the brink of extinction some of England’s most threatened species of animal, plant and fungi.”

We explored Farnham Heath; watched, listened, wrote and admired the fabulously diverse wildlife of this ecosystem; in a salon-style performance in the evening, Peter and I played his new composition Seven Calls (written for this occasion), a selection of my violin duos, pieces by Telemann, Bartók and Scelsi, all related to aspects of the project – and the music was interweaved with words by Laurence Rose and participants in the afternoon workshop.

More information about the event here:
Back from the Brink: ‘The Dream of the Field Cricket’

And here is Peter’s account of the day, with photos, recordings and more:
‘The Dream of the Field Cricket’ – reporting back

Please do have a look at Back to the Brink to find out about their wonderful work, and support them if you can.