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Bach, Byrd and Ligeti
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
Date
Fri 03 May 2013, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • Mahan Esfahaniharpsichord

Programme

  • William Byrd
    c.1540-1623
      • Clarifica me, Pater I
      • Clarifica me, Pater II
      • Clarifica me, Pater III
      • Ut re mi fa sol la in G major
      • Jhon come kiss me now
      • Pavan and Gaillard in C minor No. 2
        :
      • I. Pavan
      • II. Galliard
      • The March before the Battle
      • Fantasia in D minor
      • Pavan and Gaillard in C minor No. 1
        :
      • I. Pavan
      • II. Galliard
      • Callino casturame
      • Fantasia in A minor
      • Walsingham
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    1685-1750
      • The Musical Offering BWV1079
        :
      • Ricercar a3
      • Ricercar a6
      • Canon circularis a2 per Tonos

Overview

Ralph Kirkpatrick, Sviatoslav Richter and René Jacobs stand high on Mahan Esfahani’s list of influences.

The Iranian-American keyboard player and scholar attracted worldwide attention in 2010 when he gave the first ever harpsichord recital at the BBC Proms; he returned to the 2012 festival with the Academy of Ancient Music to direct the world première performance of his arrangement of Bach’s The Art of Fugue.

Esfahani turns his mind to William Byrd’s pulsating keyboard miniatures, exploring the great English composer’s ingenuity and vibrant imagination in company with contrapuntal masterworks by Bach and Ligeti’s irresistible harpsichord compositions.

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