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Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: New Generation Artists at Birmingham Town Hall

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: New Generation Artists at Birmingham Town Hall: Episode 3: Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Episode 3

Episode 3: Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

New Generation Artists at Birmingham Town Hall

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Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) performs three of Bach's best-known keyboard works.

A performance by Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord). Bach: Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV998; Concerto in the Italian Style; Partita No 6 in E minor. Plus music by Froberger.

In the penultimate concert of this New Generation Artists showcase series from Birmingham Town Hall, the Iranian-born harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani performs three of the best-known of J.S. Bach's keyboard works, alongside a piece by another 17th century German composer - Johan Jacob Froberger.

Bach - Prelude, Fugue & Allegro for keyboard in E flat, BWV.998

Bach - Concerto in the Italian Style in F major, BWV.971

Froberger - Lamento sopra la dolorosa perdita della Real Maesta di Ferdinando IV, Re de Romani

Bach - Partita for keyboard No.6 in Eminor, BWV.830.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Series of concerts from Birmingham Town Hall showcasing Radio 3 New Generation Artists

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