Tuesday 14 June 2022

Stephen Beville Sunday Afternoon Piano Recital 'Angels & Saints' with première performance of "Portrait of the Angel Raphael" Saint Margaret's Church Topsham 22 May 2022

The Well-Tempered Clavier in the spring sunshine
Stephen Beville opens his afternoon concert with
Bach's Preludes and Fugues in E and F major


Classical and Romantic -
The recital continues with
Beethoven's Pastoral Sonata
& 3 Chopin Nocturnes (Opus 15)


A new composition
Beville "Portrait of the Angel Raphael"
Complex and delicate
















Increasingly acrobatic and expressive














Glissandi inside the piano
replicate the fluctuations
of the Angel's wings

From Angels - to Saints
Liszt "Deux Légendes"
François d'Assise
(La Prédication aux Oiseaux)

Grandiose and commanding




















François de Paule
(Marchant sur les Flots)

Tempestuous and uplifting



















A memorable performance


Compèred by - Lily Neal