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New Generation Artists: Tai Murray, Mahan Esfahani

14/08/2010

Tai Murray, Mahan Esfahani

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Sarah Walker with music from Tai Murray, Mahan Esfahani, Henk Neven and the Elias Quartet.

With Sara Walker Bach: Sonata No 6 in G, BWV 1019. Tai Murray (violin), Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord). Barber: Dover Beach. Henk Neven (baritone), Elias String Quartet.

One of the many opportunities available to the Radio 3 New Generation Artists is to collaborate with fellow members in concert performances and studio recordings. Iranian-born harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani joins American violinist Tai Murray in Bach's vivacious Sonata No. 6 in G major, BWV 1019, followed by Dutch baritone Henk Neven with the UK's Elias Quartet performing Samuel Barber's Dover Beach, a setting of a bleak and melancholy poem by Matthew Arnold.

Introduced by Sarah Walker.

Bach: Sonata No. 6 in G major for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1019

Tai Murray (violin)
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Barber: Dover Beach

Henk Neven (baritone)
Elias String Quartet.

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