Steven Devine and Kate Semmens stood in at short notice for indisposed colleagues and presented their programme of music from the Anna Magdalena Bach notebooks.
” a delightful afternoon of fine music, beautifully presented. “
Another review for WTC1
ClassicalEar has written a great review for Steven’s new release on the Resonus label.
” Thoughtful and measured, poetic and precise, Steven Devine takes a measured but crisply fluid approach that imbues this much recorded music with a pleasing immediacy. ”
Steven makes BBCNOW debut
Stepping in at very short notice, Steven will make his BBC National Orchestra of Wales debut at the Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff on Thursday 18 April at 7.30pm. He will conduct Bach’s Easter Oratorio with soloists Anna Dennis, William Towers, Nick Pritchard and William Dazeley, alongside the BBC National Chorus of Wales.
This concert will be recorded for transmission on BBC Radio 3 on Monday 22nd April.
First review for Bach
Planet Hugill has reviewed Steven’s new recording of Bach’s Das Wohltemperierte Klavier very favourably:
The harpsichord is beautifully captured, with a fine resonance and good core sound to the note and none of the pecking which can beset harpsichord recordings. He clearly revels in the various keys and allows them to colour his performances, and the result is engaging and engrossing. I certainly look forward to the second volume.