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Baroque Fancies: Mahan Esfahani

Harpsichord virtuoso Mahan Esfahani performs Bach's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, full of drama, alongside fanciful works by William Byrd, Jiri Antonin Benda and Viktor Kalabis.

Sarah Walker presents harpischord virtuoso Mahan Esfahani in concert at LSO St Luke's in London, crossing centuries, from music by the Bach family to postwar Czech repertoire, via Tudor England. At the centre of the programme is Bach's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, a masterpiece full of drama and virtuosity.

WILHELM FRIEDEMANN BACH
Fantasia in E minor

VIKTOR KALABIS
Six Canonic Inventions

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue in D minor

WILLIAM BYRD
Fantasia in A Minor MB 13

JIRI ANTONIN BENDA
Keyboard Sonata No 3 in D minor

Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Recorded at LSO St Luke's in London in November 2023

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Fantasia In E Minor F.20

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani.
  • Viktor Kalabis

    Six Canonic Inventions

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chromatic Fantasia And Fugue In D Minor Bwv.903

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani.
  • William Byrd

    Fantasia no. 8

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani.
  • Ji艡铆 Anton铆n Benda

    Keyboard Sonata No 3 in D minor

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani.

Broadcast

  • Thu 11 Jan 2024 13:00