Mark Shepheard

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Art historian working on musicians, artists & portraiture: mainly Italian & 17-18C. Producer of the Early Music Experience for 3MBS Melbourne:

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Mark Shepheard@shepm· 6d

I had an Isaac afternoon myself. Will have to explore the Choralis Constantinus recording: thanks for sharing

Mark Shepheard@shepm· Jul 14

And the Book of Hours probably survives at Trinity College, Cambridge: made in France in 1527 or 1528 by the illuminator and printer Germain Hardouyn with binding by Pierre Mangot, jeweller to King François I (identified via brilliant detective work by Alison Palmer, Owen Emmerson & Kate McCaffrey)

A small book of hours, closed with a clasp and sitting on a table that is covered by a green baize drape. The book has a thick, silver gilt-edged binding with a jewel in the centre. Photo by James Kirwan, Trinity College, Cambridge

Mark Shepheard@shepm· Jul 8

That feeling you get when you realise that, yes, Paris was indeed worth a mass

Mark Shepheard@shepm· Jun 27

Fist bump in return to the kind scanner of my recent inter-library loan request ✊

The lower portion from a scanned page of a journal article with the page number 22 and the image of the fist of the person holding down the journal while they scan the article.

Mark Shepheard@shepm· Jun 7

I look forward to her setting of "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"

Mark Shepheard@shepm· May 28

This is such a strange, somewhat unfathomable work. At just under an hour, it's the lengthiest of late-medieval/Renaissance masses. A compelling performance from Cappella Pratensis

The CD cover of the recording of Obrechts's Missa Maria Zart by Cappella Pratensis on Challenge Classics. It reproduces Dürer's pen and ink drawing of praying hands against a dark background

The portrait of Jacob Obrecht attributed to Quinten Metsys (Kimball Museum of Art, Fort Worth, TX). Obrecht is shown in his clerical robes as a canon and chaplain of the church of Our Lady, Antwerp, with his hands clasped in prayer. His name is inscribed in gold Gothic script above his head. The date 1496 is inscribed on the engaged, marbled frame.

Mark Shepheard@shepm· May 24

One of Pissarro's many views of the Boulevard Montmartre, Paris. This one painted in the morning, with cloudy weather: 'Boulevard Montmartre, matin, temps gris', 1897. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

A view of the Boulevard Montmartre, with its crowds and horse-drawn traffic, painted from the upper-storey window of a hotel room.

A detail with figures on the street and Pissarro's signature.

Mark Shepheard@shepm· May 18

Always the most appropriate of signs when returning to Canberra from Melbourne

An official government sign at Canberra airport warning of 'sterile area'

Mark Shepheard@shepm· May 17

A rather lovely newly acquired Paul Brill at the NGV Melbourne. 'Landscape with Hermit', 1596.

Paul Brill's small painting, 'Landscape with Hermit. The photograph shows the painting in its black frame.

Paul Brill's small painting, 'Landscape with Hermit'.

A detail of Paul Brill's small painting, 'Landscape with Hermit'. The distant landscape with a man and a donkey crossing a bridge in the foreground

Paul Brill's small painting, 'Landscape with Hermit'. Detail with the hermit outside his hit, writing in a book.

Mark Shepheard@shepm· Apr 17

It's so hard to find a parking space in Canberra these days... 🙄

Mark Shepheard@shepm· Apr 3

It's almost lasted....

Mark Shepheard@shepm· Apr 3

The Easter egg offerings in Australia are especially woeful this year. I'm glad I brought something back from the UK in February

Mark Shepheard@shepm· Apr 2

The Grauniad asking the important questions of our time...

Mark Shepheard@shepm· Mar 27

There comes a point when you wake up and realise you've become an organ nerd... #nowplaying

Mark Shepheard@shepm· Mar 25

Could anyone translate this for me? Unfortunately, I don't speak classical music marketing...

Mark Shepheard@shepm· Feb 8

This was superb. Bartók's Wooden Prince is always fun but the two works by Vítězslava Kaprálová were worth the price of admission alone. The Rustic Suite in particular should be repertoire stuff

Mark Shepheard@shepm· Feb 7

Ending my brief London sojourn with a bit of Bartók

Mark Shepheard@shepm· Feb 7

I take it back..

Mark Shepheard@shepm· Jan 29

Never managed to hear it live...

Mark Shepheard@shepm· Jan 29

The magnificent 'Father' Henry Willis organ at Lincoln cathedral (1898). Three manuals and swell, with 3560 pipes, most on the choir screen but with some in the north quire triforium.