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Mahan Esfahani

Harpsichord recital

,Milton Court Concert Hall
Mahan Esfahani at the harpsichord

Splicing classic Baroque works with a reminder that the harpsichord is no mere museum piece, Mahan Esfahani has opened up inspiring new territories.

There’s a nod to Esfahani’s Iranian roots in Haim Alexander’s compact Improvisation on a Persian Folksong. And it owes something to the courtly chic of Couperin as well as Rameau’s delectable character pieces (whose E minor Suite includes the fabulously punchy Tambourin). Henze and Berio, meanwhile, lend perspectives from the 1960s, while in search of lost time and premiered by Esfahani in 2023, Mark Applebaum’s October 1582 deploys electronics, bells, and a dash of playful theatricality.

Holder of the coveted Wigmore Hall Medal, and winner of the concerto category in 2023’s Opus Klassik Awards, Mahan Esfahani is a harpsichordist for whom ‘flipping stereotypes’ (The Seattle Times) is second nature. Bach and Buxtehude to Brett Dean and Gavin Bryars, for The Independent he’s quite simply ‘one of a kind… fruitfully provocative’.  

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This performance will end at approximately 9.30pm with a 20 minute interval. 

Produced by the Barbican

Programme

  • Hans Werner Henze   Six Absences
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau   Suite en mi-mineur
  • Luciano Berio   Rounds
  • Johann Pachelbel   Chaconne f-moll
  • Haïm Alexander   Improvisation on a Persian Folksong
  • Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre   Pièces de Clavecin:
  •   Prélude
  •   Allemande
  •   Courante I
  •   Courante II
  •   Sarabande
  •   Gigue
  •   Canaries
  •   Chaconne
  •   Menuet
  • Mark Applebaum   October 1582 for harpsichord and live electronics

*Please note change of programme

Performers

  • Mahan Esfahani   harpsichord

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Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.  

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