The 20th century composer John Bevan Baker was an artist whose deeply held values were embodied in his challenging, tightly-structured, hauntingly beautiful compositions.
His music never fails to provoke admiration for its ability to convey a depth, integrity, and love of life.
"Bevan Baker's music glistens with excitement and vitality, refreshing in its originality..."
Opera Magazine
"Here was a lyricist of a special sort, who could convey his ideas with simplicity of utterance, in tones that were limpid, concise, but never cramped."
Conrad Wilson, The Herald
John Bevan Baker - "Songs of Courtship and Other Works " is now available on CD!
You can click here to read more details, and reviews, about this exciting recording of Johns' works by the Hebrides Ensemble.
" ....he spins a kind of musical gold..."
International Records Review.
"...sometimes light-footed, sometimes more robust and even lush, but always rhythmically challenging."
McAlister Matheson Music newsletter.
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