Genre-bending harpsichord virtuoso Mahan Esfahani crosses centuries – from the Bach family to postwar Czechoslovakia, via Tudor England.
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Fantasia in E minor
Viktor Kalabis Six Canonic Inventions
Johann Sebastian Bach Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue in D minor
William Byrd Fantasia XIII
Jiří Antonín Benda Keyboard Sonata No 3 in D minor
The harpsichord is an instrument of the 17th century, and this performance celebrates the rich tapestry of music written for it. Hear the music of English Renaissance composer William Byrd, and explore the minds of both Johann Sebastian Bach and his forgotten son Wilhelm Friedemann, in pieces that still ignite the imagination, just as they did 400 years ago.
For Mahan Esfahani, that’s the whole point. Everything he plays buzzes with the same irrepressible energy and intelligence; whether the music of the English Renaissance (an Esfahani passion), or the brilliantly-imagined miniatures of the postwar Czech master Viktor Kalabis. The Guardian hailed the ‘piercing insight’ of Esfahani’s Bach: this should be a very special encounter with a truly eye-opening artist.
‘A glimpse of something sacred, showing itself to us through an old box with some strings stretched across it’ – Mahan Esfahani
Photo credit: Kaja Smith
161 Old Street, London EC1V 9NG
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