Liverpool – Gavin Bryars: Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra (world premiere) – 23 March 2023 – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall – United Kingdom

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze conductor
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord

Mozart Symphony No.31, 'Paris'
Gavin Bryars Harpsichord Concerto (world-premiere: co-commission with Orchestre National de Lyon)
Sibelius Symphony No.1


Music transports you. Tonight, Andrew Manze flies us to the forests of Finland, where the colours of the aurora borealis flicker through Sibelius’ tempestuous First Symphony. He then drops by on 18th-century Paris, where a bright young thing called Mozart is making quite a splash. And, together with Mahan Esfahani – musical explorer, and harpsichordist without limits – he creates a whole new world: the fantastic new concerto by British counter-culture icon, Gavin Bryars.