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Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday celebration continues as Music Director Ken-David Masur, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, and Baroque violinist Rachell Ellen Wong lead the Milwaukee Symphony in favorite Bach masterpieces. This second of two programs culminates with Bach’s Magnificat, which celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2023. The Milwaukee Symphony Chorus lends its power to Magnificat’s story, in which Mary first discovers she will bear God’s son; its sacred message is told in her voice, beginning with “Magnificat anima mea Dominum” or “My soul magnifies the Lord.”

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Bach Fest Ii: Magnificat

Warner Grand Theater

Happy birthday, Bach! In celebration, Music Director Ken-David Masur and the MSO perform two complete programs of Bach favorites with the help of harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani and Baroque violinist Rachell Ellen Wong, Grand Prize winner of the inaugural Lillian and Maurice Barbash J. S. Bach Competition. This first of two programs includes two of Bach’s famed Brandenburg Concertos, the balanced and brilliant Violin Concerto in E major, and finally the Orchestral Suite No. 3 with its cherished “Air” movement for strings.

Bach Fest I: Brandenburg

Mahan Esfahani has made it his life’s mission to rehabilitate the harpsichord, bringing it into the mainstream of concert instruments. Performances by the Iranian-born harpsichordist leave critics breathless and audiences rapt—his light touch and superhuman agility conjuring interpretations that are “exquisite beyond measure” (Los Angeles Times).

Mahan Esfahani In Recital

Stanford University

In a new piece by Gavin Bryars, Viano String Quartet and Mahan Esfahani come together with sharp coherence. Viano String Quartet are First Prize winners of the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition, and their crispness as an ensemble continues to enjoy international praise. The combined force of Viano and critically-acclaimed harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani is bound to inspire awe.

Viano String Quartet and Mahan Esfahani

Presenting international artist Mahan Esfahani performing Bach’s Concerto in d minor on harpsichord, and the outstanding musicians of the Amarillo Symphony performing Bartok’s stunning Concerto for Orchestra.

Bach to Bartók

Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts

Performances by the Iranian-born harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani leave critics breathless and audiences rapt—his light touch and superhuman agility conjuring interpretations that are “exquisite beyond measure” (Los Angeles Times). Esfahani—a highlight of the 2020–21 Cal Performances at Home streaming series—bristles at many of the conventions of historical performance, and enjoys programming Baroque works alongside contemporary compositions. Here, in addition to music by Bach and Scarlatti, he pairs three of William Byrd’s pioneering and virtuosic 16th-century keyboard works with a new composition by Australian composer Brett Dean. Dean’s ByrdSong Studies, for solo harpsichord with prerecorded voices, celebrates Byrd’s unique and influential style, and the transgressive mass settings Byrd wrote for clandestine Catholic services during the Protestant Reformation.

Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord

University of California, Berkeley

Join the JSO in downtown Jackson for a program featuring Ravel’s famous ballet Mother Goose. The JSO welcomes Iranian-American harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani for the American premiere of Fernande Decruck’s Les Trianons. Ballet Chelsea dancers join the JSO to dance through this tour of France.

Mahan Esfahani

Harpist

Events

23 - 24 Mar, 2024

Bach Fest Ii: Magnificat · Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

22 - 23 Mar, 2024

Bach Fest I: Brandenburg · Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Mar 6, 2024

Mahan Esfahani In Recital · Stanford Live

Jan 28, 2024

Viano String Quartet and Mahan Esfahani · Stanford Live

19 - 20 Jan, 2024

Bach to Bartók · The Amarillo Symphony

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