PCM 1: Esfahani plays Bach's Goldberg Variations

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Cadogan Hall5 Sloane Terrace, Londres, Greater London, SW1X 9DQ, Royaume-uni

Dates/horaires selon le fuseau horaire de London

Festival: BBC Proms

Programme

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)

Variations Goldberg, BWV988

Artistes

Mahan Esfahani

Clavecin

The Proms Chamber Music series begins at the top with one of the unassailable peaks of the repertoire. The first
edition of the ‘Goldberg’ Variations declared it as having been ‘composed for music-lovers to refresh their spirits’ – an
apt motto for the whole PCM season. Acclaimed former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Mahan Esfahani was the
first harpsichordist to join the scheme, in 2008.

Plan

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Frances Wilson, 18th July

At the splendid venue that is Cadogan Hall, just north of London’s Sloane Square, Iranian-born harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani demonstrated J S Bach’s immense skill and ingenuity in a spellbinding performance of the Goldberg Variations, one of the high Himalayan peaks of the keyboard repertoire.

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