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Mahan Esfahani

Scarlatti Focus

Scarlatti Focus
Mahan Esfahani dives deeply into the stream of Spanish Baroque music to retrieve works by Juan Bautista Cabanilles, organist of Valencia Cathedral, Padre Antonio Soler and Cantallos, virtually unknown but for his Sonata in C, a composition inspired by the sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti. His programme pays tribute to Scarlatti’s inventive genius and to the improvisatory freedom of CPE Bach’s quixotic Fantasia in C.

Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in G minor, K347; Sonata in G, K348; Sonata in F sharp, K318; Sonata in F sharp, K319;
Juan Bautista José Cabanilles Pasacalles de primer tono, WSC47
Cantallos Sonata in C
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in B minor, K197; Sonata in D, K53; Sonata in A minor, K382; Sonata in A, K268
Antonio Soler Sonata No. 90 in F sharp
INTERVAL
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in D, K490; Sonata in D, K491; Sonata in D, K492;
Antonio Soler Sonata No. 100 in C minor; Sonata No. 19 in C minor
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Fantasia in C, Wq. 59/6
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in C sharp minor, K247; Sonata in E, K215; Sonata in A, K429


Mahan Esfahani harpsichord

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Mahan Esfahani dives deeply into the stream of Spanish Baroque music to retrieve works by Juan Bautista Cabanilles, organist of Valencia Cathedral, Padre Antonio Soler and Cantallos, virtually unknown but for his Sonata in C, a composition inspired by the sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti. His programme pays tribute to Scarlatti’s inventive genius and to the improvisatory freedom of CPE Bach’s quixotic Fantasia in C.

Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in G minor, K347; Sonata in G, K348; Sonata in F sharp, K318; Sonata in F sharp, K319;
Juan Bautista José Cabanilles Pasacalles de primer tono, WSC47
Cantallos Sonata in C
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in B minor, K197; Sonata in D, K53; Sonata in A minor, K382; Sonata in A, K268
Antonio Soler Sonata No. 90 in F sharp
INTERVAL
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in D, K490; Sonata in D, K491; Sonata in D, K492;
Antonio Soler Sonata No. 100 in C minor; Sonata No. 19 in C minor
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Fantasia in C, Wq. 59/6
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in C sharp minor, K247; Sonata in E, K215; Sonata in A, K429

Mahan Esfahani harpsichord

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Location

Wigmore Hall, London
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, London W1U 2BP


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