Schedule
Prague Czech Republic, Prague Symphony Chamber Concerts
Recital with Marketa Cukrova, mezzo-soprano
Marketa Cukrova, mezzo-soprano
Mahan Esfahani, fortepiano
JOSEPH HAYDN
Six Songs
'Arianna a Naxos,' cantata for voice and fortepiano
VÁCLAV JAN KŘTITEL TOMÁŠEK
Schäfers Klaglied
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London United Kingdom, Romanian Cultural Institute
Georgia Browne & ''Nordic Affect'' Launch
Baroque flautist Georgia Browne and Icelandic ensemble Nordic Affect invite you to their official CD launch concert.
In historic Belgravia, central London, the atmosphere of an 18th century concert room will be replicated as the ensemble, joined by harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, perform the charming and witty music by Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) as it appears on their new CD on the Brilliant Classics label.
Following the one hour concert, stay and have a drink with the musicians and purchase signed copies of the CD.
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£15 / £10 students
http://www.oxboffice.com/EventDetails.aspx?eid=1559
0845 680 1926 (local rate from land lines)
4 PM, Romanian Cultural Institute (London)
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London United Kingdom, Romanian Cultural Institute
Georgia Browne & ''Nordic Affect'' Launch
Baroque flautist Georgia Browne and Icelandic ensemble Nordic Affect invite you to their official CD launch concert.
In historic Belgravia, central London, the atmosphere of an 18th century concert room will be replicated as the ensemble, joined by harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, perform the charming and witty music by Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) as it appears on their new CD on the Brilliant Classics label.
Following the one hour concert, stay and have a drink with the musicians and purchase signed copies of the CD.
ADVANCE BOOKINGS ONLY
£15 / £10 students
http://www.oxboffice.com/EventDetails.aspx?eid=1559
0845 680 1926 (local rate from land lines)
4 PM, Romanian Cultural Institute (London)
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Nottingham United Kingdom, Djanogly Recital Hall
Solo Recital
Solo Recital at the University of Nottingham featuring harpsichord works by D'Angelebert and Jacquet de la Guerre, selections from the first book of J.S. Bach's 'Well-Tempered Clavier' (Book I), sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, and 'Recitative and Toccata Percossa' (1951) by the American jazz pianist and composer Mel Powell.
Djanogly Recital, University of Nottingham - 7.30 PM
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Cardiff Wales (UK), Wales Millennium Centre - BBC Hoddinott Hall
Frank Martin's ''Petite Symphonie Concertante'' (1945)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer, conductor
Harp: Catrin Finch
Oboe: LucasMacias Navarro
Piano: Louis Schwizgebel-Wang
Harpsichord: Mahan Esfahani
MARTIN Petite symphonie concertante
LUTOSŁAWSKI Double Concerto
STRAVINSKY Concerto in D, 'Basle'
HONEGGER Symphony No 4, Deliciae basiliensis
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Montreal Canada, 'Clavecin en Concert'
Solo Recital
Mahan Esfahani performs a solo recital of works by William Byrd, Johann Sebastian Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, and Mel Powell.
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New York United States, Frick Collection
Solo Recital
Mahan Esfahani appears at the historic Frick Collection (where such luminaries as Wanda Landowska and Ralph Kirkpatrick performed some of the first widely-received harpsichord recitals in the United States), performing a solo recital of works by William Byrd, Johann Sebastian Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, and Mel Powell.
Frick Collection, 5 PM
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Cleveland United States, Cleveland Museum of Art
Solo Recital
Mahan Esfahani appears at the Cleveland Museum of Art, performing solo works by William Byrd, Johann Sebastian Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, and Mel Powell.
7.30 PM, Gartner Auditorium
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London United Kingdom, Horniman Museum
'Quadro Melante' at the Horniman Museum
'Quadro Melante' - Bojan Cicic, baroque violin; Georgia Browne, baroque flute; Ibrahim Aziz, viola da gamba; Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord - appear at the Horniman Museum.
(details to be posted)
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Nicosia Cyprus, Pharos Arts Foundation
Solo Recital
(details TBD)
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London United Kingdom, St. George's Hanover Square
''The Bach Project''
Mahan Esfahani directs cantatas and instrumental music of seventeenth-century Germany, including works by Johann Kuhnau and Johann Rosenmueller (Bach's predecessors at the Thomasschule in Leipzig) and the wedding cantata written for Bach's own parents by Bach's kinsman Johann Christoph Bach, ''Meine Freundin, du bist schoen.'' Bojan Cicic leads the ensemble from the violin.
This is the first concert in 'The Bach Project,' a long-term endeavour to explore the sacred vocal works of Bach and his predecessors and family members.
St George's Hanover Square - 7.30 PM
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*A personal note* - this is part of a rather exciting new initiative with the 'Echori Soloists,' a London-based group of young English singers, and handpicked instrumental soloists, and this is one of the group's first major projects in London. I'm very excited to be involved and will post details here as soon as they become available regarding the purchase of tickets. Meanwhile, I direct you to this site:
http://www.echorimusic.co.uk/styled-3/
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Oxford United Kingdom, Holywell Music Room
''The Bach Project''
(see listing for 4 May)
Holywell Music Room - 8 PM
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Newbury United Kingdom, Newbury Spring Festival
Solo Recital
Mahan Esfahani performs solo harpsichord works of Louis Couperin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, and Jean-Phillippe Rameau, featuring Bach's 5th Partita in G (BWV 829) and Rameau's 'Great' Suite in a-minor (1724).
(Details TBD)
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London United Kingdom, LSO St Luke's
Solo Recital
Mahan Esfahani performs an all-Bach recital:
BACH Sonata in D minor BWV 964
BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I:
Prelude & Fugue No 20 in A major BWV864
Prelude & Fugue No 22 in B major BWV866
Prelude & Fugue No 24 in B minor BWV869
BACH Partita V in G major BWV 829
LSO St Luke's - 1pm - Jerwood Hall
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Hamburg Germany, Laeiszhalle Hamburg
Hamburger Symphoniker
Geoffrey Paterson, Dirigent
Mahan Esfahani, Cembalo
''Klingende Zeiten"
Berio: „Tempi concertati“ für Flöte, Violine, 2 Klaviere und andere Instrumente
Bach: Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 5
Manuel de Falla: Konzert für Cembalo, Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Violine und Violoncello
Berio: „Rendering“ nach Franz Schuberts symphonischem Fragment in D-Dur, D 936a
19.30 Laeiszhalle, Großer Saal
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Hamburg-Harburg Germany, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
Hamburger Symphoniker
Geoffrey Paterson, Dirigent
Mahan Esfahani, Cembalo
''Klingende Zeiten"
Berio: „Tempi concertati“ für Flöte, Violine, 2 Klaviere und andere Instrumente
Bach: Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 5
Manuel de Falla: Konzert für Cembalo, Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Violine und Violoncello
Berio: „Rendering“ nach Franz Schuberts symphonischem Fragment in D-Dur, D 936a
20.00 Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
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Bristol United Kingdom, St. George's Bristol
Mahan Esfahani and the Oxford Philomusica
Following their much acclaimed Bristol debut in December, Oxford Philomusica returns to St George's to perform with guest director and harpsichord virtuoso Mahan Esfahani.
Programme to include: Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 5; Harpsichord Concerto in E-Major, BWV 1053; Suite for flute and orchestra no. 2 in b-minor.
7.30 PM
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Oxford United Kingdom, Sheldonian Theatre
Mahan Esfahani and the Oxford Philomusica
See programme for July 12th.
8 PM
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Berwick-upon-Tweed United Kingdom, Music at Paxton
Solo Recital
[details to be posted]
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