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Wigmore Hall36 Wigmore Street, London, Greater London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
| Andriessen, Louis (1939-2021) | Overture to Orpheus | |
| Dowland, John (1563-1626) | Come heavy sleep | |
| Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) | O Solitude, Z 406 | |
| Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) | We sing to him whose wisdom form'd the ear, Z 199 | |
| Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) | The Fairy Queen, Z 629: One charming night | |
| Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) | I take no pleasure in the sun's bright beams Z388 | |
| Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann (1710-1784) | Sonata in E flat major, Fk.5 | |
| Martinů, Bohuslav (1890-1959) | Two Impromptus for Harpsichord, H 381 | |
| Tippett, Michael (1905-1998) | Songs for Ariel | |
Mahan Esfahani performs on both harpsichord and piano today for a programme with mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly, which concludes with Sir Michael Tippett’s Songs for Ariel, three works written to accompany the Old Vic’s production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest in 1962.