Mahan Esfahani, perhaps today’s best-known harpsichordist, is an eloquent ambassador for the brilliance, beauty and versatility of the instrument.

Mahan Esfahani: Byrd, Dowland & Gibbons

Southbank Centre

Students join forces with Connaught Brass in a powerful tribute concert honouring the legendary conductor and composer Elgar Howarth, former Director of Brass Ensembles at the Academy. Renowned trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger takes the podium to conduct, paying homage to his influential mentor.

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Remembering Elgar Howarth

Royal Academy of Music

Appearing in different ways, dreams, visions, and fantasies all materialize as illusions of the mind. Sometimes delightful, and sometimes disturbing, these illusions provide insight into inner desires and provide composers license to flaunt musical conventions and compose with inventive forms and ideas. This concert will feature music full of mind-bending forms, dreamy sound worlds, and fantastic texts. Giles Farnaby’s “Dreame” perceives what the composer views in his sleep. Henry Purcell’s “Blessed Virgin’s Expostulations” demands the return of the angel Gabriel, first seen as a vision by Mary in her early years.

Giles Farnaby

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Dec 3, 2025

Mahan Esfahani: Byrd, Dowland & Gibbons · Southbank Centre

Nov 14, 2025

Remembering Elgar Howarth · Royal Academy of Music

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