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Bach
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
Date
Wed 21 Apr 2021, 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 Spring 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

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    1685-1750
      • French Suite No. 5 in G BWV816
      • Fantasia on a Rondo in C minor BWV918
      • Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV903
      • French Suite No. 6 in E BWV817
      • Fantasia and Fugue in A minor BWV904

Encore

Overview

Mahan Esfahani’s second concert features two of Bach’s six French Suites, which contain some of Bach’s most attractive keyboard writing. The arrangement of contrasting dances, all in the same key, into a suite makes for very satisfying musical compositions.

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