Victoria Baroque: Bach in the Pub with Steven Devine, harpsichord
$25 CAD ($10 CAD student)
- Steven Devine, harpsichord
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach — Selected works
Johann Christian Bach — Selected works
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach — Selected works
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach — Selected works
Enjoy a transfixing evening with the radiant British harpsichordist Steven Devine, as he shares music by J.S. Bach and his sons, accompanied by stories about Bach's family life and art. Refreshments available for purchase.
"Steven Devine plays with an invigorating freshness and sensitivity to the musical language."
Youth under age 19 must be accompanied by an adult.
Doors open at 7pm.
We apologize that the venue's elevator is currently out of order and there is no wheelchair access at this time. More accessibility info here: https://victoriaeventcentre.ca/attendees/accessibility/
About Steven Devine, harpsichord
Steven Devine enjoys a busy career as a music director and keyboard player working with some of the finest musicians.
He is the Principal Keyboard Player with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and also the principal keyboard player for The Gonzaga Band, The Mozartists, and performs regularly with many other groups around Europe. He has recorded over thirty discs with other artists and ensembles and made six solo recordings. His recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations (Chandos Records) has received critical acclaim – including Gramophone magazine describing it as "among the best." The complete harpsichord works of Rameau (Resonus) has received five-star reviews from BBC Music Magazine. Steven has recently released Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. ("It’s the one of all I’ve heard in the past ten years that I am happiest to live with." Early Music Review)
He made his London conducting debut in 2002 at the Royal Albert Hall and is now a regular performer there – including making his Proms directing debut in August 2007 with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. He has conducted the Mozart Festival Orchestra in every major concert hall in the UK and also across Switzerland. Steven is Music Director for New Chamber Opera in Oxford and with them has performed repertoire from Cavalli to Rossini. For the Dartington Festival Opera he has conducted Handel's Orlando and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. He is currently conductor and Artistic Advisor for the English Haydn Festival in Bridgnorth.
Steven works regularly with the Norwegian Wind Ensemble, Trondheim Barokk, the Victoria Baroque Players (BC, Canada), and Arion Baroque Ensemble (Montreal).
He is Early Keyboard Consultant to the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and Royal Welsh Colleges, and teaches fortepiano at the Royal Academy of Music.
Finally, Steven is thrilled to be a member of the ground-breaking Art of Moog: an electronic music group specializing in the performance of Bach.
https://stevendevine.com/