Artists
- Mahan Esfahaniharpsichord
- Date
- Mon 05 Jun 2017, 1.00pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Thomas Tomkins1572-1656
- Pavan in A minor
- Giles Farnabyc.1563-1640
- Woody-Cock
- Henry Cowell1897-1965
- Set of Four
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach1710-1784
- Sonata in E flat major
- Steve Reichb. 1936
- Piano Phase(arranged by Mahan Esfahani)
Overview
Mahan Esfahani’s programme explores multipleapproaches to creative fantasy, from the imposingPavan by Thomas Tomkins to Henry Cowell’s virtuosicSet of Four, written in 1960 for Ralph Kirkpatrickand complete with a left-hand trill in octaves.
There’swit, too, in the form of WF Bach’s Sonata andunstoppable rhythmic energy in Reich’s pulsatingPiano Phase.
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert