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        "name" : "Kate Semmens and Steven Devine",
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        "description" : "a choice selection of exquisite music for soprano and harpsichord",
        "location" : "Kent, England",
        "bio" : "Kate Semmens and Steven Devine perform intimate music in intimate venues exploring the wealth of music written during the Baroque and Early Classical Period for singer and keyboard.\n\nKate Semmens is a soloist with many leading groups and opera companies, and sings with some of the UK's finest choirs. Her opera performances have included Cupid (Venus and Adonis), Mycene (Isis), Suzanna (Le Nozze de Cherubino), and Mrs P (The Man who mistook his wife for a hat).\n\nFor New Chamber Opera, performances include Galatea (Acis and Galatea), Second Woman (Dido and Aeneas), Orgando (Amadigi), Atalanta (Xerxes) and Semira (Artaxerxes).\n\nIn 2011 she was Betty in their much acclaimed production of Salieri's Falstaff. She created the role of Euridice in Caldwells' The Story of Orpheus. Of her Ciro, in their production of Stradella's Il Trespolo Tutore, Opera Magazine wrote \"the clarity and charm of Kate Semmens' soprano was disarming\".\n\nShe sang the title role in the first modern performance of John Stanley's Teraminta for Opera Restor'd and recently completed performances of Cavalli's Erismena, from the original English edition bought by the Bodleian Library in 2009. She has sung under many conductors including Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Paul McCreesh, Peter Holman, Professor John Butt, Peter Holman and composer, Eric Whitacre.\n\nKate has been particularly enjoying performing recitals of music from the pleasure gardens, and the recent anniversaries of Thomas Arne and William Boyce have given opportunities to explore the wealth of this music even further. This is her first solo recording.\n\nSteven Devine enjoys a busy career as a music director and keyboard player working with some of the finest musicians.\n\nHe 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 conducted performances of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Mozart's La Finta Semplice and Il Re Pastore, Stradella's Il Trespolo Tutore, Rossini's Le Comte Ory, Handel's Xerxes and Tamerlano, Arne's Artaxerxes, Galuppi's Il Mondo alla Roversa. He has directed the first performance of the newly-acquired score of Cavalli's Erismena and Sallieri's Falstaff with the same forces. For the Dartington Festival Opera he has conducted Handel's Orlando and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.\n\nSince 2007 Steven has been the harpsichordist with London Baroque in addition to his position as Co-Principal keyboard player with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. He is also the principal keyboard player for The Gonzaga Band, Apollo and Pan, The Classical Opera Company and performs regularly with many other groups around Europe. He has recorded over thirty discs with other artists and ensembles and made three solo recordings. His latest recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations (Chandos Records) has been receiving critical acclaim - including Gramophone magazine describing it as \"among the best\". Another volume of Bach's harpsichord works is in preparation.\n\nSteven is a regular member of the OAE education team, Professor of Harpsichord and Fortepiano at TrinityLaban Conservatoire of Music and a visiting teacher, adjudicator and examiner for many other institutions. He is also Director of Development for the Finchcocks Collection of historical keyboard instruments, Kent.\n\nYou can find his solo page on Magnatune here.",
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            "release_date" : "2013-10-07",
            "genres" : ["Classical","Renaissance","Baroque","Classical Singing"],
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            "moods" : ["tender","peaceful","reflective","elegant","nostalgic","melancholic"],
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            "sounds_like" : ["Henry Purcell","John Blow","Maurice Greene"],
            "summary" : "Exquisite English Baroque and Restoration songs and harpsichord solos featuring clear soprano and harpsichord, ideal for historical, reflective, or calming media projects.",
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