Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
A Little Night Music
Friday, August 5, 2016 at 10:00 pm
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Songs in the Key of Bach:
Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D major, BWV 874, from the Well-tempered Clavier, Book II
C.P.E. Bach: Sonata in G minor
Johann Christian Bach: Sonata in C minor
Dušek: Sonata in B-flat major
Ligeti: Passacaglia ungherese
As an encore, Mr. Esfahani performed Rameau’s Les cyclopes, from Pieces de clavecin, and Scarlatti’s Sonata in D minor, K.120.
Photo by: Marco Borggreve
Above: Mahan Esfahani
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
Mostly Mozart debut
Named BBC Music Magazine’s 2015 Newcomer of the Year, Iranian-born Mahan Esfahani has traveled the globe, from Boston to Prague to London, on a singular quest to prove the harpsichord is not only still relevant, but revolutionary. The “exhaustingly brilliant” artist (New York Times) presents a late-night ode to the ultimate keyboard composer, from beloved excerpts of Bach’s Well-tempered Clavier through a 1978 chaconne by the avant-garde composer György Ligeti.
This concert will be streamed live. Cameras will be present. Watch here
“Dashingly eloquent, dizzyingly skilled, Esfahani makes the harpsichord seem an instrument reborn.” —Times (U.K.)
“A superstar whose musicianship, imagination, virtuosity, cultural breadth and charisma far transcends the ivory tower in which the harpsichord has traditionally been placed.” —Times (U.K.)
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