Archived Event

Bach
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
Date
Tue 20 Oct 2020, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration, without an interval
Availability

Important Information

This concert was live-streamed as part of the Wigmore Hall Autumn Series. The video is no longer online but other concerts are available to watch in full here: Wigmore Hall Concert Video Library

Artists

  • Mahan Esfahaniharpsichord

Programme

      • French Suite No. 2 in C minor BWV813
      • Prelude in A minor BWV922
      • Fugue in B minor BWV951
      • French Suite No. 3 in B minor BWV814
      • Suite in A minor BWV818a
      • French Suite No. 4 in E flat BWV815

Overview

Exactly what makes Bach’s French suites French is hard to define, but their use of the standard dance forms of the day such as the Allemande, Courante, Sarabande and Gigue have made them unusually attractive to generations of listeners as well as keyboard players.

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