Schedule

London United Kingdom, Wigmore Hall
Recital with Antje Weithaas
The first of three concerts (Oct 2, 3, 7) with Antje Weithaas at Wigmore Hall
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Violin Sonata in E minor BWV1023
Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004
Violin Sonata No. 1 in B minor BWV1014

INTERVAL

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A BWV1015

GEORG BENDA
Harpsichord Sonata No. 6 in D

CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH
Sonata in C minor for violin and harpsichord H514
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London United Kingdom, Wigmore Hall
Recital with Antje Weithaas
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH
Violin Sonata in B minor H513

GEORG BENDA
Harpsichord Sonata No. 3 in D minor

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Violin Sonata No. 4 in C minor BWV1017

INTERVAL

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Fugue in G minor BWV1026
Violin Sonata No. 3 in E BWV1016
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Belfast United Kingdom, Ulster Hall
Poulenc Concerto/ Ulster Orchestra
Grieg Holberg Suite
Poulenc Concert Champêtre
Sibelius Symphony No. 3

EMILIA HOVING CONDUCTOR
MAHAN ESFAHANI HARPSICHORD
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London United Kingdom, Wigmore Hall
Recital with Antje Weithaas
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Violin Sonata in G BWV1021

EUGÈNE YSAŸE
Violin Sonata in G 'Pastorale' (dedicated to Mathieu Crickboom) Op. 27 No. 5

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Violin Sonata No. 5 in F minor BWV1018

INTERVAL

DARIUS MILHAUD
Sonata for violin and harpsichord Op. 257

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Violin Sonata No. 6 in G BWV1019
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Little Missenden , Buckinghamshire United Kingdom , Little Missenden Festival
Solo Recital
William Byrd: Lachrimae Pavan; The Bells

Bohuslav Martinů: Deux Pieces (1935)

JS Bach: 'English'Suite IV in F BWV809; 'English' Suite V in E BWV 810

Poul Ruders: Quickstep Rag (2023)
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Czech Republic , Lipa Musica
Solo Recital
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
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London United Kingdom, Wigmore Hall
Bach concertos/ Britten Sinfonia
GEORG PHILLIPP TELEMANN
Concerto in F for recorder, bassoon, strings and basso continuo TWV52:F1

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor BWV1056
Harpsichord Concerto No. 6 in F major BWV1057

INTERVAL

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in D BWV1054

ANTONIO VIVALDI
Chamber Concerto in G minor for recorder, oboe, violin, bassoon and continuo RV105

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Concerto in A minor for flute, violin and harpsichord BWV1044

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Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
Britten Sinfonia
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London United Kingdom, LSO St Luke's
Solo Recital
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Fantasia in E minor
Viktor Kalabis: Six Canonic Inventions
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue in D minor BWV 903
William Byrd: Fantasia XIII
Brett Dean: Byrdsong Studies

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Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
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London United Kingdom, Wigmore Hall
Britten Sinfonia/ works by Laurence Osborn

C.P.E. BACH
Württemberg Sonata No. 6 in B minor H36

LAURENCE OSBORN
Coin Op Automata (London première)

C.P.E. BACH
Sinfonia in A H660

INTERVAL

LAURENCE OSBORN
Rendering Error

C.P.E. BACH
Sinfonia in B flat H658

LAURENCE OSBORN
Automaton
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Pamplona Spain, Auditorio Baluarte
Orquesta Sinfonica de Navarra
I
Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
Juego de cartas

II
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Concierto para clave n. 1 en re menor, BWV 1052

III
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Sinfonía n. 4 en re menor, op. 120 (revisión de 1851)


Mahan Esfahani, clave
Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra
Perry So, director
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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Brno Czech Republic, Filharmonie Brno
Krasa/Poulenc with Filharmonie Brno
See programme listing for 23.February
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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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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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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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Milwaukee United States, Milwaukee Symphony
Brandenburg Concerto no. 5
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 5, BWV 1050

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Milwaukee Symphony

Ken-David Masur, conductor
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
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Milwaukee United States, Milwaukee Symphony
Brandenburg Concerto no. 5
See programme for 22. March
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Milwaukee United States, Milwaukee Symphony
J.S. Bach, Concerto in A BWV 1055
J.S. Bach: Concerto in A-Major, BWV 1055
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Milwaukee Symphony

Ken-David Masur, conductor
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
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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)

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Britten Sinfonia

Nicholas Daniel, oboe/ Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
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Odense Denmark, Odense Koncerthus
Odense Symfoniorkester/ Bach Brandenburg Concertos
J.S. Bach: ‘Brandenburg’ Concertos (BWV 1046-1051)

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

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

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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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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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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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