Mahan Esfahani

Mahan Esfahani

Although best known for his vocal music, William Byrd also composed startlingly inventive works for keyboard instruments including over a hundred pieces which appear in the manuscripts, My Ladye Nevells Booke and the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, as well as in Parthenia, the first printed collection of music for keyboard in England.

Iranian-American harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, who last year became the youngest ever recipient of the Wigmore Medal, presents a wonderful selection of works from these hugely important collections.  His lunchtime recital concludes with the last of Bach's English Suites, with its grand Prelude, majestic double Sarabande and a veritable totentanz of a Gigue!  

I
William Byrd:
Pavana Lachrymae BK54
Fantasia BK13
Jhon Come Kisse Me Now BK81

II
William Byrd:
Pavana & Galliardo Sir William Petre BK3a/b
Fantasia BK46
The Bells BK38 

III
Johann Sebastian Bach:
English Suite No. 6 in D Minor BWV811
-Prelude
-Allemande
-Courante
-Sarabande
-Gavotte I, Gavotte II
-Gigue

_{The performance will last approximately 1 hour (without interval).}