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Volume 6 was released last week and is now available here (follow this link) or direct from www.resonusclassics.com. - [Krebs](https://devinemusic.co.uk/krebs/) - [A little video on a little instrument](https://devinemusic.co.uk/a-little-video-on-a-little-instrument/) - [Want to know a little more about Steven?](https://devinemusic.co.uk/want-to-know-a-little-more-about-steven/) - Here's a video interview I did for my friends at the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. I even tell a joke (accompanied by some very noisy geese...) - [Krebs 5 - now available from this site](https://devinemusic.co.uk/krebs-5-now-available-from-this-site/) - You can buy Krebs' harpsichord works, volume 5, directly from this site! https://devinemusic.co.uk/product/krebs-works-for-harpsichord-volume-5/ If you would likke a signed copy, please mention it in the "options" at the checkout stage. - ["The Enchanted Garden" - Zoe Martlew](https://devinemusic.co.uk/the-enchanted-garden-zoe-martlew/) - The soprano Anna Dennis and Steven Devine were invited to record and perform a brand new work by Zoe Martlew to accompany an installation in Ightham Mote with artwork by Ana Maria Pacheco. The video (currently playing in the exhibition) is also on YouTube: - [Glazunov: Reverie](https://devinemusic.co.uk/glazunov-reverie/) - [Introduction to the Harpsichord](https://devinemusic.co.uk/introduction-to-the-harpsichord/) - [Introduction to the Clavichord](https://devinemusic.co.uk/introduction-to-the-clavichord/) - [Introduction to Mozart’s Fortepiano](https://devinemusic.co.uk/introduction-to-mozarts-fortepiano/) - [Pascual Gimeno: Prelude and Fugue in D Major](https://devinemusic.co.uk/pascual-gimeno-prelude-and-fugue-in-d-major/) - [Pascual Gimeno: Prelude & Fugue in A Minor](https://devinemusic.co.uk/pascual-gimeno-prelude-fugue-in-a-minor/) - [Rossi Partita sopra la Romanesca](https://devinemusic.co.uk/rossi-partita-sopra-la-romanesca/) - [Schumann: Adagio and Allegro](https://devinemusic.co.uk/schumann-adagio-and-allegro/) - [Purcell – Hornpipe | Steven Devine – harpsichord](https://devinemusic.co.uk/purcell-hornpipe-steven-devine-harpsichord/) - [JS Bach | Harpsichord Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055, I. Allegro - YouTube](https://devinemusic.co.uk/js-bach-harpsichord-concerto-in-a-major-bwv-1055-i-allegro-youtube/) - [Beethoven: Sonata in F](https://devinemusic.co.uk/beethoven-sonata-in-f/) - [Dukas: Villanelle](https://devinemusic.co.uk/dukas-villanelle/) - [Saint-Saens: Morceau de Concert](https://devinemusic.co.uk/saint-saens-morceau-de-concert/) - [Mozart: Rondo from horn concerto 4](https://devinemusic.co.uk/mozart-rondo-from-horn-concerto-4/) - [Hector Berlioz “Le Jeune Pâtre breton” performed by Laurence Kilsby, Anneke Scott and Steven Devine](https://devinemusic.co.uk/hector-berlioz-le-jeune-patre-breton-performed-by-laurence-kilsby-anneke-scott-and-steven-devine/) - [Mozart Concerto K.488](https://devinemusic.co.uk/mozart-concerto-k-488/) - [Bach – Sonata for violin and harpsichord no. 1 in B minor BWV 1014](https://devinemusic.co.uk/bach-sonata-for-violin-and-harpsichord-no-1-in-b-minor-bwv-1014/) - [Bach – Sonata for violin and harpsichord no. 2 in A major BWV 1015](https://devinemusic.co.uk/bach-sonata-for-violin-and-harpsichord-no-2-in-a-major-bwv-1015/) - [Bojan Čičić | Steven Devine: G.F. Handel: Sonata in G minor, Op 1 No 6 HWV 364a](https://devinemusic.co.uk/bojan-cicic-steven-devine-g-f-handel-sonata-in-g-minor-op-1-no-6-hwv-364a/) - [John Bull: Fantasia in G ¦ Steven Devine - ottavino](https://devinemusic.co.uk/john-bull-fantasia-in-g-¦-steven-devine-ottavino/) - [“Take a Beat” – interview with Steven](https://devinemusic.co.uk/take-a-beat-interview-with-steven/) - [First review of Rameau harpsichord works!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/first-review-of-rameau-harpsichord-works/) - The Guardian newspaper has published a rave review of the Rameau complete harpsichord works recording which was released on Resonus last week! - [New Rameau recording makes the Radio 3 "In Tune" Mixtape!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/new-rameau-recording-makes-the-radio-3-in-tune-mixtape/) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b6v631#play - [New Review of Rameau](https://devinemusic.co.uk/new-review-of-rameau/) - "This is an essential set, and not just for the inclusion of Les Indes Galantes, Steven Divine opens up the music of the suites to a more thoughtful performance, one which does not rely on fireworks to show the mastery of Rameau as a composer of keyboard music. Divine's booklet notes are excellent and include - [New Website coming very soon!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/new-website-coming-very-soon/) - [The "outstanding sensitivity of his playing" - Rameau reviewed](https://devinemusic.co.uk/the-outstanding-sensitivity-of-his-playing-rameau-reviewed/) - The Complete Rameau keyboard works has been reviewed by Andrew Benson Wilson here. - [New OAE video about the clavichord](https://devinemusic.co.uk/new-oae-video-about-the-clavichord/) - https://youtu.be/hcfl3lYQy9M - [New disc from Anneke Scott (natural horn)](https://devinemusic.co.uk/new-disc-from-anneke-scott-natural-horn/) - Anneke Scott (horn) & Steven Devine (piano) Renowned period hornist Anneke Scott performs a programme of works for horn that charts a fascinating and pivotal period in the development of the instrument and its repertoire in nineteenth-century France. Joined by Steven Devine, this album, which celebrates 200 years since the birth of Charles Gounod, features - [New release: Delicatessen II with Kate Semmens](https://devinemusic.co.uk/new-release-delicatessen-ii-with-kate-semmens/) - Now available directly from this site! Post free in UK. After the preparation, recording and success of Delicatessen (DMCD001), Steven and Kate Semmens were keen to delve further into the English song repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries, again driven by composers who set texts so beautifully. They have been careful to stay true - [4* review for OAE Christmas Oratorio](https://devinemusic.co.uk/4-review-for-oae-christmas-oratorio/) - The Guardian newspaper has printed a great review of the recent performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio (parts 1, 2, 3 & 6) given by the OAE, directed by Steven, in St George's, Bristol. Read more here - [Great review for Gonzaga Band](https://devinemusic.co.uk/great-review-for-gonzaga-band/) - The Gonzaga Band's new disc, Venice 1629, has received a five-star review in the Telegraph. "The harmonies have a blazing clarity ... soprano, Faye Newton, has a delightfully crystal-clear sound". Buy direct from the Gonzaga Band website or download from Resonus Classics. - [Early Music Review on Rameau](https://devinemusic.co.uk/early-music-review-on-rameau/) - "His general approach inclines towards the thoughtful and restrained which is a welcome contrast to those virtuosos who set out to demonstrate that they are exactly that." See the full review here - [Haydn's "Il Mondo della Luna" reviewed](https://devinemusic.co.uk/haydns-il-mondo-della-luna-reviewed/) - Under the headline "NCO’s Rare Haydn Opera is an Enchanting Oxford Evening", SeenandHeard International have given the New Chamber Opera production of Haydn's opera a rave review! Read it here - [Director of Gonzaga Band on "Venice 1629"](https://devinemusic.co.uk/director-of-gonzaga-band-on-venice-1629/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMeWcY--BR0 - [Video to introduce the Rameau Complete Keyboard works](https://devinemusic.co.uk/video-to-introduce-the-rameau-complete-keyboard-works/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lIMBCD3SCM&t=2s - [New OAE video - Steven Devine and the fortepiano...](https://devinemusic.co.uk/new-oae-video-steven-devine-and-the-fortepiano/) - https://vimeo.com/280733834 - ["This majesty of phrasing, this sense of contrasts that invites a constant perfume of ... lyric tragedy"](https://devinemusic.co.uk/this-majesty-of-phrasing-this-sense-of-contrasts-that-invites-a-constant-perfume-of-lyric-tragedy/) - A lovely review on the blog site artalinna.com: http://www.artalinna.com/?p=9759 - [Great review for Summer Opera!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/great-review-for-summer-opera/) - A very wonderful review for Il mondo della Luna in Oxford over the Summer: https://www.bsecs.org.uk/criticks-reviews/world-enchantment-new-chamber-operas-production-haydns-il-mondo-della-luna/ - [Steven Devine directs the OAE for Toyota Classics in Asia](https://devinemusic.co.uk/steven-devine-directs-the-oae-for-toyota-classics-in-asia/) - http://toyotaclassics.asia/ - [Steven Directs the Academy of Ancient Music](https://devinemusic.co.uk/steven-directs-the-academy-of-ancient-music/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE5s6anYJqc - [Classical Source: 5* for Rameau](https://devinemusic.co.uk/classical-source-5-for-rameau/) - http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_cd_review.php?id=15776 - [Steven conducts Purcell with AAM](https://devinemusic.co.uk/steven-conducts-purcell-with-aam/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38SuC3KHrT0 - ["the expressivity of which the harpsichord is capable when handled by a true master of its sounds"](https://devinemusic.co.uk/the-expressivity-of-which-the-harpsichord-is-capable-when-handled-by-a-true-master-of-its-sounds/) - A lovely review on the Voix des Arts blog for the Mozartists' latest release of "Mozart in London". The extremely detailed review focuses on all the music and performances of the many wonderful musicians and singers on these discs and has thsi to say: " The Mozartists’ keyboardist Steven Devine finds much to stimulate but nothing to overextend - [Abendempfindung (K.523) - Mozart](https://devinemusic.co.uk/abendempfindung-k-523-mozart/) - A live recording from February 2019 with Kate Semmens and Steven Devine - [New Concert on Sunday!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/new-concert-on-sunday/) - Steven and Kate are stepping in for ill colleagues at the Weymouth Music Club on Sunday 10 March. The programme will be based on The Notebooks of Anna Magdalena Bach (with the addition of the Italian Concerto as a personal request!) at starts at the Weymouth Bay Methodist Church at 3pm. Do come and join - [The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 released](https://devinemusic.co.uk/the-well-tempered-clavier-book-1-released/) - Steven's latest release on the Resonus Classics label is available for pre-order from Amazon etc. Release date is 29 March 2019 and will be physical CDs (2 disc set) and download. From the release: " Following on from his acclaimed recording of Jean-Philippe Rameaus complete solo keyboard works (RES10214), harpsichordist Steven Devine returns to Resonus - [First review for Bach](https://devinemusic.co.uk/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 - [Steven makes BBCNOW debut](https://devinemusic.co.uk/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 - [Review of Weymouth Concert](https://devinemusic.co.uk/review-of-weymouth-concert/) - 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. " Read the review here... - [Coming Soon...](https://devinemusic.co.uk/coming-soon/) - The first recording of Francesco Fiore's "Concerto Ostinato" for harpsichord and orchestra on the Zefir Records label. Watch this space! - [Early Music Review...](https://devinemusic.co.uk/early-music-review/) - This is an altogether delightful pair of CDs, and makes me impatient for the second part. There are other recordings about, including Colin Booth’s own, but Devine’s has a particular seemingly effortless grace, and it’s the one of all I’ve heard in the past ten years that I am happiest to live with. - ["a superb recording. Very highly recommended."](https://devinemusic.co.uk/a-superb-recording-very-highly-recommended/) - Choir and Organ magazine have given five stars to Steven Devine's recording of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. Click below to read the review. - [LIVE STREAM of Bach - 21st March at 1pm](https://devinemusic.co.uk/live-stream-of-bach-21st-march-at-1pm/) - The National Centre for Early Music are live-streaming Preludes 1-12 of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier on March 21st at 1300h. This was originally to have been a live concert, but with the current restrictions in place, this had to be cancelled. However Steven will be at the harpsichord in York performing live on the NCEM Facebook - [More videos from the Quarantine....](https://devinemusic.co.uk/more-videos-from-the-quarantine/) - [Another review for WTC1](https://devinemusic.co.uk/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. " Read the rest of the review here. - ["Directing a performance full of vigour and forward movement"](https://devinemusic.co.uk/directing-a-performance-full-of-vigour-and-forward-movement/) - The Church Times has reviewed Steven's debut with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Read the full review here. - [Gramophone Review](https://devinemusic.co.uk/gramophone-review/) - "Devine’s readings are flowing and logical, with variety brought to the entire set first and foremost by his extraordinarily sensitive articulation. In the more toccata-like preludes, his subtly applied tenuto touch keeps things crisp and moving, without monotony. His acute sense of the singing line clarifies even the most complex textures. " https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/js-bach-das-wohltemperirte-clavier-book-1-devine - [BBC Music Magazine Review](https://devinemusic.co.uk/bbc-music-magazine-review/) - The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1 Steven Devine (harpsichord) Resonus RES10239 (hybrid CD/SACD) 111:19 mins (2 discs) Harpsichordist Steven Devine enters a fiercely competitive field in tackling one of the most frequently played and recorded warhorses of the keyboard repertoire. Nonetheless, to the endless possibilities of Bach’s preludes and fugues, he brings many insights. Notable is - ["This musically intelligent and absorbing recording by Steven Devine"](https://devinemusic.co.uk/this-musically-intelligent-and-absorbing-recording-by-steven-devine/) - A new review for Das Wohltemperierte Klavier by Andrew Benson Wilson. The review can be found here. - [Steven Devine joins Caroline Phillips Management](https://devinemusic.co.uk/steven-devine-joins-caroline-phillips-management/) - Steven is delighted to join the distinguished roster of musicians at Caroline Phillips Management. Caroline will take care of world-wide representation of Stevenfor conducting and keyboard work from March 2020 onwards. More news here. https://cpmnews.wordpress.com/2020/03/03/steven-devine-joins-cpm/ - [Performance March 11 Cancelled](https://devinemusic.co.uk/performance-march-11-cancelled/) - Sorry to report that the Performance Clinic and Concert with Anneke Scott that was to take place tomorrow (Mar 11) at the Bate Collection in Oxford has been cancelled. - [Steven Devine in "Quarantine Sessions"](https://devinemusic.co.uk/steven-devine-in-quarantine-sessions/) - It's a very hard time for so many people as so much work has been cancelled or disrupted. Here are some very innovative projects featuring Steven Devine that have taken place since the lockdown began in March: The OAE - Air on a G String (Bach) The OAE - Digital Version of "Bach, the Universe - [Steven Devine "at home" on BBC Radio 3](https://devinemusic.co.uk/steven-devine-at-home-on-bbc-radio-3/) - Steven gave a "Home Session" performance of Buxtehude's Prelude in G on BBC Radio 3's magazine programme In Tune yesterday. The programme is available for 30 days here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000hnl9 - [Yet more Quarantine videos...](https://devinemusic.co.uk/yet-more-quarantine-videos/) - Silly season is upon us (lockdown lurgy?). Here is Steven and Kate's self-penned contribution to the covid literature: - [A new composition for harpsichord (sort of!)](https://devinemusic.co.uk/a-new-composition-for-harpsichord-sort-of/) - It was a fortuitous chance that Steven stumbled upon a young Spanish composer appealing on Facebook to have his piano composition - a Prelude and Fugue from his wittily-titled "Well-syncopated Clavier" - played on harpsichord. Steven heard it and really liked it, recorded it and sent to back to Pascual Gimeno, the composer. He's been - [Tickets on sale for a Live Concert!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/tickets-on-sale-for-a-live-concert/) - Kate Semmens (soprano) and Steven are doing a one-hour concert for a socially-distanced audience at Little Mill Oast in Marden on Sunday 20th September at 3pm. Please come and help us celebrate a return to live music-making for an audience! Numbers are VERY limited and details and tickets are here: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/505128 - [Great review for Well-Tempered Clavier 2](https://devinemusic.co.uk/great-review-for-well-tempered-clavier-2/) - Earlymusicreview.com has published a rave review for Steven's new release. The review finishes with sentence: "This is – and remains with the publication of Part 2 – my top choice for the 48." Read the full review here. (direct link to website) - [New Covid Satire....](https://devinemusic.co.uk/new-covid-satire/) - [New reviews for WTCII!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/new-reviews-for-wtcii/) - Some great reviews, including BBC Music Magazine, have come in for Steven's recording of Bach's Das wohltemperierte Klavier Book 2. We've updated the page with the quotes and links to the sites. Do check things out! - [Green Shoots of Musical recovery....](https://devinemusic.co.uk/green-shoots-of-musical-recovery/) - An immensely important and emotional experience happened last Saturday (20th June) when the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenement reconvened for the first time since Lock-Down to perform "Bach, the Universe and Everything" - the monthly Bach Cantata-with-science presentation that has become so popular as a live event. The event was recorded the day before - [New Release! Bach Well-Tempered Clavier Vol. 2](https://devinemusic.co.uk/new-release-bach-well-tempered-clavier-vol-2/) - Some twenty years after the collection known as Das wohltemperierte Klavier J.S. Bach assembled his second collection of twenty-four preludes and fugues in all keys, completing one of the greatest achievements in keyboard music that today remains one of the crowning glories of the genre. Steven is delighted to announce the release of this completion - [Covid Satire..the story so far](https://devinemusic.co.uk/covid-satire-the-story-so-far/) - [Covid Satire - and then there were five...](https://devinemusic.co.uk/covid-satire-and-then-ther-were-five/) - The new lockdown has inspired another video. This one, "The U-Turn Rag" , has been our most popular yet... Written and performed by Steven Devine and Kate Semmens. - ["Making a Killing on a contract" - new video](https://devinemusic.co.uk/making-a-killing-on-a-contract-new-video/) - The satirical videos continue... Words and music by Kate Semmens and Steven Devine. The complete satirical playlist is here - [Steven Devine at the Horniman Museum](https://devinemusic.co.uk/steven-devine-at-the-horniman-museum/) - Steven appears in two videos demonstrating the working keyboard instruments in the Music Gallery. In addition, he answers questions about the music, his career and lots of other things! - [Steven on Radio 3's "Inside Music"](https://devinemusic.co.uk/steven-on-radio-3s-inside-music/) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010phw - [A Guest appearance on BBC Radio 4!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/a-guest-appearance-on-bbc-radio-4/) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010xvk - [Two appearances at York Early Music Festival](https://devinemusic.co.uk/two-appearances-at-york-early-music-festival/) - Steven will appear twice at this year's York Early Music Festival: on July 13th with Robin Bigwood in a wonderful programme of W F Bach and Johann Krebs, and also on July 14th with Florilegium in a programme of Bach. Steven is currently Artistic Advisor to the Festival and also recorded the complete 48 Preludes - [CPE Bach Concerto on BBC Radio 3](https://devinemusic.co.uk/cpe-bach-concerto-on-bbc-radio-3/) - Steven's appearance with The Mozartists at the Cadogan Hall on 8th July at 730 is being recorded by BBC Radio 3 for transmission the following day. Here is the page on the Radio 3 website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000xn51 - [Review Round-Up](https://devinemusic.co.uk/review-round-up/) - Bach, the Universe and Everything - Planet Hugill Galuppi "La Diavolessa" - Seen and Heard Mozartists/Ian Page at Cadogan Hall - Seen and Heard - [Two New Releases!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/two-new-releases/) - Steven is playing harpsichord and organ on two important new releases now available. Nicola Benedetti's new album of Antonio Vivaldi and Francesco Geminiani features her new collective of period-specialist players, including Steven on harpsichord. Available from Amazon here. A new release on Steven's regular label, Resonus, features the incredible musicianship and intellect of violinist Oliver - [New Silliness...](https://devinemusic.co.uk/new-silliness/) - [Brand New Release on Resonus!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/brand-new-release-on-resonus/) - Steven's latest release on the Resonus label has now been shipped. This is Volume 1 of a survey (projected to be four-volumes) of harpsichord works by Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 - 1780) - a favourite student of J S Bach's. This extraordinary music straddles two eras - the Baroque and the Galant - and the - [Krebs' Harpsichord Works now available from this site!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/krebs-harpsichord-works-now-available-from-this-site/) - We have received stock of the CDs for Steven's new recording of this wonderful music by Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 - 1780), Bach's favourite student. If you would like a copy direct from us (you can get it signed too...) please head over to: - [The Restoration Playlist!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/the-restoration-playlist/) - [BBC Music Magazine - 5 Star Review for Krebs!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/bbc-music-magazine-5-star-review-for-krebs/) - " a felicitous programme, meticulously realised, that sheds light on Bach’s talented pupil" https://www.classical-music.com/reviews/instrumental/jl-krebs-keyboard-works-vol-1/ - [Aci, Galatea e Polefemo - first reviews](https://devinemusic.co.uk/aci-galatea-e-polefemo-first-reviews/) - The OAE's performance of Handel's 1708 Cantata, "Aci, Galatea e Polifemo" at Cadogan Hall on Sunday (directed by Steven) was well received by the audience and now by critics. BachTrack - "Trevor Bowes sews up Handel's most fiendish character in Aci, Galatea e Polifemo" Planet Hugill Seen and Heard International - It’s only January but - [Great review for Krebs!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/great-review-for-krebs/) - "Stephen Devine’s playing is impressive, his gently rhetorical approach to the music revealing inner beauties within the notes. A fine example of playing the music, rather than the notes." Andrew Benson Wilson has written a very positive review for Vol. 1 of the harpsichord works of Krebs. You can read it here. - [Presto Music - Recording of the Year for Ilyria Consort](https://devinemusic.co.uk/presto-music-recording-of-the-year-for-ilyria-consort/) - "Adriatic Voyage" has been awarded Presto Music's "Recording of the Year" accolade. You can see the announcement here and buy the disc from them here. - [Krebs Volume 2 now available!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/krebs-volume-2-now-available/) - ["The combination of Devine's advocacy and the sheer imagination of Krebs' music means that the discs are a simple delight to listen to in their own right"](https://devinemusic.co.uk/the-combination-of-devines-advocacy-and-the-sheer-imagination-of-krebs-music-means-that-the-discs-are-a-simple-delight-to-listen-to-in-their-own-right/) - Brilliant review from Planet Hugill - ["As ever Steven Devine plays with an invigorating freshness and sensitivity to the musical language."](https://devinemusic.co.uk/as-ever-steven-devine-plays-with-an-invigorating-freshness-and-sensitivity-to-the-musical-language/) - Another great review for Krebs Volume 2 from andrewbensonwilson.org - [Beethoven Horn Sonata with Anneke Scott](https://devinemusic.co.uk/beethoven-horn-sonata-with-anneke-scott/) - [Bach Violin & Harpsichord Sonata](https://devinemusic.co.uk/bach-violin-harpsichord-sonata/) - Bojan Čičić, violin Steven Devine, harpsichord - recorded as part of "All of Bach" - [New Release! Bach Harpsichord Concertos with OAE](https://devinemusic.co.uk/new-release-bach-harpsichord-concertos-with-oae/) - We're very proud to announce the release of Bach Harpsichord Concertos on the Resonus Classics label. The recording features Steven Devine playing the solo harpsichord and directing his friends and colleagues from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightnement (OAE). The sessions, held last year in St John's Smith Square, London, features the famous concerto - [Three New CD releases!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/three-new-cd-releases/) - First up is the third volume of Steven's cycle of the complete harpsichord music of Bach's favourite student, Johann Ludwig Krebs. This wonderful music straddles the boundaries of ornate Baroque music and the more classically-minded Galant style. This third volume contains no fewer than six premiere recordings and is available directly from this site by clicking - [New Video with Bojan Čičić](https://devinemusic.co.uk/new-video-with-bojan-cicic/) - Hot on the heels of the new release from Delphian records, here is Handel's sonata in G minor. - [Krebs Volume 3 - Early music review](https://devinemusic.co.uk/krebs-volume-3-early-music-review/) - A great review by Noel O'Regan on Early Music Review: - ["Devine is on top form here"](https://devinemusic.co.uk/devine-is-on-top-form-here/) - New review for Krebs Volume 4 https://www.biberfan.org/reviews/2024/7/21/krebs-keyboard-works-volume-4-devine#:~:text=Just%20short%20of%20ideal.,are%20looking%20forward%20in%20style. - [Krebs Volume 4 - an introduction](https://devinemusic.co.uk/krebs-volume-4-an-introduction/) - [Krebs Volume 5 - the penultimate one!](https://devinemusic.co.uk/krebs-volume-5-the-penultimate-one/) - Steven and Resonus Classics are proud to announce the release of Krebs' Harpsichord Works Volume 5 - the penultimate volume in this monumental survey of Bach's favourite student's complete music for solo harpsichord. - [Chamber Music by Franz Danzi (1763 - 1826)](https://devinemusic.co.uk/chamber-music-by-franz-danzi-1763-1826/) - Played on period instruments by ther phenomenal players of Ensemble f2, this wonderful music is full oif wit, charm, great tunes and great excitement! At the heart of the ensemble is an original Viennese fortepiano by Johann Fritz from c.1815. This rather frail-looking instrument has the most exquisite tone and an incredible range of tone-colour-modifying - [Kate and Steven Recordings](https://devinemusic.co.uk/kate-and-steven-slider/) - Kate Semmens (soprano) and Steven Devine (harpsichord) have released a number of discs together - all available from this site. Delicatessen 1 was the first release - a veritable smorgasbord of early English Songs and harpsichord music The success of Delicatessen 1 prompted the duo to return to the recording studio in Bremen to record ## Pages - [Recent News](https://devinemusic.co.uk/) - MORE NEWS Steven DevineDevine MusicContact Steven Devine combines a career as a conductor and director of orchestral, choral and opera repertoire with that of a solo harpsichordist and fortepianist. He is Conductor and Artistic Advisor of The English Haydn Festival; Music Director of New Chamber Opera, Oxford and Director of the Orchestra of the Age - [Shop](https://devinemusic.co.uk/shop/) - CDs Sheet Music Misc - [Steven Devine](https://devinemusic.co.uk/steven/) - Steven Devine is an internationally acclaimed conductor, director, and fortepianist, celebrated for his work with leading ensembles and his insightful interpretations of Baroque and Classical repertoire. His performances span orchestral, choral, opera, and chamber music, and his recordings have earned praise from critics worldwide. Biography Discography Concerts Media Professional Contact Recent Media News Bookings and - [Discography](https://devinemusic.co.uk/discography/) - Solo Krebs: Works For Harpsichord Volume 1Resonus Classics RES10287Click here for more details and to purchase from this site Krebs: Works For Harpsichord Volume 2Resonus Classics RES10300Click here for more details and to purchase from this site Krebs: Works For Harpsichord Volume 3Resonus Classics RES10329Click here for more details and to purchase from this site - [Biography](https://devinemusic.co.uk/biography/) - "fantastic touch and élan"Gramophone Steven Devine combines a career as a conductor and director of orchestral, choral and opera repertoire with that of a solo harpsichordist and fortepianist. He is Conductor and Artistic Advisor of The English Haydn Festival; Music Director of New Chamber Opera, Oxford and Director of the Orchestra of the Age of - [Contact](https://devinemusic.co.uk/contact/) - Steven is represented worldwide by :Caroline Phillips Management7, Kingsdown HouseKingsdownCorshamSN13 8AXUnited Kingdom T: +44 (0)1249 716 716F: +44 (0)1249 404 123E: info@caroline-phillips.co.uk Please use the contact above, or fill in the form below: - [Media](https://devinemusic.co.uk/gallery/) - Interviews etc Live Performances / Rehearsals Anneke Scott (horn) and Steven Devine (pianos) El Clave bien Sincopado - Pascual Gimeno Instrument Introductions - [Events](https://devinemusic.co.uk/events/) - CONTENTS - [Locations](https://devinemusic.co.uk/events/locations/) - CONTENTS - [Categories](https://devinemusic.co.uk/events/categories/) - CONTENTS - [Tags](https://devinemusic.co.uk/events/tags/) - CONTENTS - [My Bookings](https://devinemusic.co.uk/events/my-bookings/) - CONTENTS ## Events - [Two Kirkman Harpsichords in concert - Steven Devine & Satoko Doi-Luck](https://devinemusic.co.uk/events/two-kirkman-harpsichords-in-concert-steven-devine-satoko-doi-luck/) - The Eighteenth-century English harpsichord maker Jacob Kirkman produced many fine instruments which were highly sought-after across the world. In this project, an original instrument of 1756 is paired with a wonderful, newly-completed copy by Stephen Barber and Huw Saunders. This will be a rare opportunity to hear two similar-sounding richly resonant English-style harpsichords playing together. ## Locations - [Waterdown House](https://devinemusic.co.uk/locations/waterdown-house/) ## Products - [Krebs: Works for Harpsichord (Volume 6)](https://devinemusic.co.uk/product/krebs-works-for-harpsichord-volume-6/) - "Taken as a whole, this album sustains the high level of performance and presentation established across the series. 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Featuring the Grand Sonata Op 62 for basset horn and piano, the Op. 44 E minor horn sonata and the Piano and Wind Quintet Op 54, no. 2, the members of ensemblef2 bring their period knowledge and style to this beautiful repertoire. - [If love's a Sweet Passion (keyboard arrangement) - Henry Purcell](https://devinemusic.co.uk/product/if-loves-a-sweet-passion-keyboard-arrangement-henry-purcell/) - This is the famous air from Purcell's Fairy Queen. I arranged the opening prelude for keyboard and added the violin 2 and viola for verse 2 so as to preserve Purcell's wonderful harmonisation. - [Delicatessen II - Kate Semmens & Steven Devine](https://devinemusic.co.uk/product/delicatessen-ii-kate-semmens-steven-devine/) - After the preparation, recording and success of Delicatessen (DMCD001), Steven and Kate were keen to delve further into the English song repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries, again driven by composers who set texts so beautifully. 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Famous pieces such as Henry Purcell's Music for a While and If Music be the Food of Love are presented alongside a gem of a cantata by John Stanley, Pleasure Garden songs by William Boyce and Maurice Greene and other repertoire by - [Francesco di Fiore: Concerto Ostinato](https://devinemusic.co.uk/product/francesco-di-fiore-concerto-ostinato/) - Francesco Di Fiore The album Concerto Ostinato is a trilogy project written between 2014 and 2016 which includes two concerti for solo instrument and orchestra and a double concerto, for guitar, piano and string orchestra. The project originates after the composition of the double concerto extending in a concerto trilogy where guitar and piano should - [Rameau: Complete Solo Harpsichord Works](https://devinemusic.co.uk/product/rameau-complete-solo-harpsichord-works/) - https://youtu.be/1lIMBCD3SCM These seminal works of the French Baroque era are brought to life vividly by Devine, mainly marking the earlier part of Rameau’s career and charting the development of the future prolific opera and ballet composer. The three books of Pièces de Clavecin are joined by the Cinq Pièces (derived from the Pièces de Clavecin - [Bach: Italian Concerto, French Overture etc](https://devinemusic.co.uk/product/bach-italian-concerto-french-overture-etc/) - The ‘Italian’ Concerto and ‘French’ Overture included on this disc together make up the second part of Bach’s Clavier-Übung, composed, according to Bach himself, ‘for music lovers to refresh their spirits’. Here Steven Devine’s performances show that these works do far more than simply refresh spirits. The ‘Italian’ Concerto has long been thought a product of - [Krebs: Works for Harpsichord (Volume 3)](https://devinemusic.co.uk/product/krebs-works-for-harpsichord-volume-3/) - Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 - 1780): Harpsichord Works Volume 3 played by Steven Devine - [Krebs: Works for Harpsichord (Volume 2)](https://devinemusic.co.uk/product/krebs-works-for-harpsichord-volume-2/) - Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 - 1780): Harpsichord Works Volume 1 played by Steven Devine - [Beyond Beethoven: works for Natural Horn and Fortepiano. 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Bach assembled his second collection of twenty-four preludes and fugues in all keys, completing one of the greatest achievements in keyboard music that today remains one of the crowning glories of the genre. Acclaimed harpsichordist Steven Devine returns to Resonus to complete his - [J.S. Bach: Das wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier), Volume 1](https://devinemusic.co.uk/product/j-s-bach-das-wohltemperierte-klavier-the-well-tempered-clavier-volume-1/) - Following his acclaimed recording of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s complete solo keyboard works (RES10214), harpsichordist Steven Devine returns to Resonus to record one of the great pinnacles of the Baroque keyboard repertoire, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Das wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier). 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Schwencke (1805) ENSEMBLE DeNOTE Marcus Barcham-Stevens (violin) Oliver Wilson (viola) Ruth Alford (cello) Jane Booth (clarinet) John Irving (fortepiano) - [MOZART CHAMBER MUSIC Vol. 1 - Ensemble DeNote](https://devinemusic.co.uk/product/mozart-chamber-music-volume-1/) - "It is an excellent recording of some, perhaps lesser-known, music by Mozart, played on period instruments with considerable (and appropriate) style by Ensemble DeNOTE" Andrew Benson-Wilson - Early Music Reviews Ensemble DeNOTE Marcus Barcham-Stevens - violin Oliver Wilson - viola Ruth Alford - cello Jane Booth - clarinet John Irving - fortepiano Sonata for Piano and Violin in B flat, K.454 Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat (‘Kegelstatt’), K.498 Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478 - [The Notebooks of Anna Magdalena Bach - Kate Semmens and Steven Devine](https://devinemusic.co.uk/product/the-notebooks-of-anna-magdalena-bach-kate-semmens-and-steven-devine/) - A charming selection of songs and harpsichord music from the two notebooks belonging to Anna Magdalena Bach performed by the highly-acclaimed duo of soprano Kate Semmens and harpsichordist Steven Devine. 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