Schedule

12 December 2023

Hamburg Germany , Elbphilharmonie
Falla/Carpenter concertos, CCOE
Takuya Imahori
De Avibus Dialogum (Dialog of the birds) (2017 - UA neue Edition 2023)

Farzia Fallah
This Burning Mass - A Feast of Colors (2022)
In Auftrag gegeben von Riot Ensemble beim Britten Pears Arts/ Aldeburgh Festival 2022

Manuel de Falla
Concerto für Cembalo und Ensemble (1923–26)

Anahita Abbasi
Intertwined Distances für Solo Cembalo und Elektronik (2018)
In Auftrag gegeben von und gewidmet Mahan Esfahani

Gary Carpenter
Concerto for harpsichord and six players (2019)
In Auftrag gegeben von Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society für Mahan Esfahani und Ensemble 10/10, Dirigentin. Yalda Zamani

Contemporary Chamber Orchestra Elbe
Mahan Esfahani, Cembalo
Yalda Zamani, Dirigentin

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19 December 2023

London United Kingdom, Barbican Centre
Gavin Bryars at 80
GAVIN BRYARS:
Ramble on Cortona
Duets from Doctor Ox’s Experiment
Incipit Vita Nova
After Handel’s Vesper
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Epilogue from Wonderlawn

With the Gavin Bryars Ensemble/ dir. David Wordsworth

Official launch of 80th Birthday Commemorative book on Gavin Bryars (to which Mahan Esfahani has submitted a section on the harpsichord music)

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3 January 2024

Prague Czech Republic, Rudolfinum
Recital with Hille Perl
Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH
Sonata in G Minor for harpsichord and viola da gamba, Wq 88
Carl Friedrich ABEL
Solos for viola da gamba (from the Drexel manuscript)
Johann Sebastian BACH
Sonata in D Major for viola da gamba and harpsichord, BWV 2018
Wilhelm Friedemann BACH
Sonata in D Major for harpsichord, Fk 3
Christoph SCHAFFRATH
Sonata in A Major for viola da gamba and harpsichord, CSWV F:29
Johann Sebastian BACH
Sonata in G Minor for viola da gamba and harpsichord, BWV 1029

Hille Perl, viola da gamba
Mahan Esfahani, cembalo

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19 January 2024

Amarillo United States, Amarillo Symphony
Bach to Bartok
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
George Jackson, conductor


Francisco Coll – Himnica
Bach – Concerto in d minor
Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra

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19 January 2024

Amarillo United States, Amarillo Symphony
Bach to Bartok
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
George Jackson, conductor


Francisco Coll – Himnica
Bach – Concerto in d minor
Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra

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20 January 2024

Amarillo United States, Amarillo Symphony
Bach to Bartok
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28 January 2024

Palo Alto California , Stanford Live
New work by Gavin Bryars/ Viano Quartet
In a new piece by Gavin Bryars, Viano String Quartet and Mahan Esfahani come together with sharp coherence. Viano String Quartet are First Prize winners of the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition, and their crispness as an ensemble continues to enjoy international praise. The combined force of Viano and critically-acclaimed harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani is bound to inspire awe.
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Astor Piazzola: Introduccion del Angel

Florence Price: 5 Folksongs in Counterpoint

Gavin Bryars: New work with Mahan Esfahani

Beethoven: String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59/2

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12 February 2024

Prague Czech Republic, Rudolfinum
Miroslav Srnka Concerto
Josef Suk: Pohádka, op. 16
Miroslav Srnka: Standstill pro cembalo a orchestr (česká premiéra na spoluobjednávku SOČRu)
Bedřich Smetana (arr. George Szell): Smyčcový kvartet č. 1 e moll „Z mého života“

Symfonický orchestr Českého rozhlasu/ Petr Popelka, dirigent
Mahan Esfahani, cembalo

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16 February 2024

Bath United Kingdom, Bath BachFest
Solo Recital
G.F. Handel: Suite II in F (1720)
Alessandro Poglietti: Variazioni sopra l’Eta della Maesta Vostra
J.S. Bach: ‘English’ Suite VI in d, BWV 811

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22 February 2024

Brno Czech Republic, Filharmonie Brno
Krasa/Poulenc with Filharmonie Brno
HANS KRÁSA Komorní hudba for Cembalo and 7 Instruments (1936)
FRANCIS POULENC Concerto champêtre (1928)
MIECZYSŁAW WEINBERG Symphony No. 7

Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
Filharmonie Brno
conductor Alexander Liebreich

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23 February 2024

Brno Czech Republic, Filharmonie Brno
Krasa/Poulenc with Filharmonie Brno
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25 February 2024

Eindhoven Netherlands , Muziekgebouw Eindhoven
Solo Recital
Toru Takemitsu - Rain Dreaming (1986)
C. Ph. E. Bach - Variations on Les Folies
J. S. Bach - English Suite No. 6
Poul Ruders - Quick Step Rag (2023)

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6 March 2024

Palo Alto California , Stanford Live
Solo Recital
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656):
Pavana FvB CXXIII
Barafostus’ Dreame

J.S. Bach (1685-1750):
English Suite II in a-minor, BWV 807
Prélude - Allemande - Courante - Sarabande - Bourrées I/II - Gigue

Poul Ruders (1949):
Quickstep Rag (2023), for Mahan Esfahani

Domenico Scarlatti: Eight Sonatas

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9 March 2024

Seattle United States, Town Hall Seattle
Solo Recital
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656):
Pavana
Worcester Brawls
Barafostus’ Dreame

J.S. Bach (1685-1750):
Concerto in the Italian Style in F, BWV 971

(New piece TBA)

Domenico Scarlatti: Eight Sonatas

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22 March 2024

Milwaukee United States, Milwaukee Symphony
Brandenburg Concerto no. 5
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 5, BWV 1050


Milwaukee Symphony

Ken-David Masur, conductor
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord

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23 March 2024

Milwaukee United States, Milwaukee Symphony
Brandenburg Concerto no. 5
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24 March 2024

Milwaukee United States, Milwaukee Symphony
J.S. Bach, Concerto in A BWV 1055
J.S. Bach: Concerto in A-Major, BWV 1055

Milwaukee Symphony

Ken-David Masur, conductor
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord

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27 March 2024

London United Kingdom, Wigmore Hall
Bach Concertos with Britten Sinfonia
J S BACH
Concerto in A, BWV 1055

A. MARCELLO
Concerto in d for oboe

J S BACH
Concerto in E, BWV 1053

Johann Gottlieb JANITSCH
Quadro “O Haupt voll Blut”

TELEMANN
Violin Concerto in g

J S BACH
Concerto in d, BWV 1059R (reconstruction)


Britten Sinfonia

Nicholas Daniel, oboe/ Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord

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6 April 2024

Odense Denmark, Odense Koncerthus
Odense Symfoniorkester/ Bach Brandenburg Concertos
J.S. Bach: ‘Brandenburg’ Concertos (BWV 1046-1051)


Odense Symfoniorkester
dir. Mahan Esfahani/cembalo, Eugene Tichindeleanu/violin

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12 April 2024

New York United States, Carnegie Hall
Solo Recital
HANDEL Suite in F Major, HWV 427

GIBBONS Pavan "M. Orlando Gibbons," MB 16/ Prelude, MB 2/Fantasia, MB 9/ “The Hunt’s Up"

D. SCARLATTI Six Harpsichord Sonatas

J. S. BACH English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811

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16 April 2024

Winterthur Switzerland , Musikkollegium Winterthur
Solo Recital
DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE
"La Capricciosa" Aria und 32 Variationen G-Dur, BuxWV 250

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Aria mit 30 Veränderungen, BWV 988 (Klavierübungen Teil IV) "Goldberg-Variationen"

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20 April 2024

Lyon France, Orchestre National de Lyon
Gavin Bryars Concerto
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantaisie sur un thème de Thomas Tallis

Gavin Bryars
Concerto pour clavecin, «Busoni’s Chickering» (commande de l’Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon et du Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – création française) (2023)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphonie n° 5, en do mineur, op. 67


Orchestre national de Lyon
Andrew Manze, direction
Mahan Esfahani, clavecin

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16 May 2024

Darmstadt Germany, Staatstheater Darmstadt
Solo Recital
Dietrich Buxtehude: La Capricciosa
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita III a-Moll BWV 827
Miroslav Srnka: „Triggering“ (2018)
Louis Andriessen: „Overture to Orpheus“ (1980)
Domenico Scarlatti: Sechs Sonaten

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20 May 2024

Chipping Camden United Kingdom , Chipping Campden Music Festival
Solo Recital
Louis Marchand:
Suite in D (1707)

Domenico Scarlatti:
Four Sonatas

G.F. Handel:
Suite in B-flat, HWV 434
Prelude - Sonata - Aria con variazioni - Menuet
Chaconne in G

Domenico Scarlatti:
Six Sonatas from the ‘Essercizi’ (1738)

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3 June 2024

Zurich Switzerland, Opernhaus Zurich
Bach concertos/ Orchestra La Scintilla
Music direction and violin: Riccardo Minasi
Soloist: Mahan Esfahani

Orchestra La Scintilla
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J.S. BACH:

Concerto in D minor for organ and orchestra (Reconstructed after BWV 146 et al.)
Concerto in D minor for organ, oboe and orchestra (Reconstructed after BWV 35)
Concerto movement in D major for oboe d'amore, organ, strings and basso continuo BWV 170/5R
Concerto in D major for organ and orchestra (Reconstructed after BWV 169/49)
Sinfonia «Presto» D major for organ and orchestra BWV 29/120

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