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  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." News April 2006  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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