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