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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Mahan Esfahani

Mahan Esfahani

05/04/2010

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Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) performs music by Handel, Scarlatti, Bach and Strauss.

From Wigmore Hall, London, harpsichord player Mahan Esfahani performs Handel's Suite No 2, HWV427, plus sonatas by Scarlatti, a partita by Bach and a capriccio by Strauss.

Iranian born harpsichord player Mahan Esfahani in a recital broadcast live from Wigmore Hall in London. Today's programme features works from three composers all born in the year 1685 - Handel, Bach and Domenico Scarlatti. Plus a work for harpsichord from the mid-20th Century.
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Programme : 

Handel
Suite No. 2 in F HWV:427

Scarlatti 
Sonata in E Kk. 380 / L. 23 
Sonata in D minor Kk. 213 Opus 0 
Sonata in A minor Kk175 / L429

Bach Partita No. 2 in C minor BWV 826 

Strauss : Capriccio Suite for Harpsichord.

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