Adrian Brendel, cello & Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
Adrian Brendel
Credit: Jack Liebeck
Mahan Esfahani
Credit: Kaja Smith
Saturday, 22 February
11.00am – c.12.30pm
Guildhall
Adrian Brendel cello
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
- J S Bach
Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV 1008
- Telemann
Cello Sonata in D major TWV 41:D6
- Vivaldi
Cello Sonata No 3 in A minor RV 43
- J S Bach
Prelude & Fugue in A minor BWV 894
- J S Bach
Sonata for Viola da Gamba in D major BWV 1028
Two musicians who need no introduction to Bath audiences come together for this intriguing concert. Adrian Brendel is one of the most versatile and original cellists of his generation, who has travelled the world as a soloist, chamber musician, collaborator and teacher, and is a regular visitor to Bath as a member of the Nash Ensemble. He is joined on stage here by another Bachfest favourite, the award-winning harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, who has made it his life’s work to rehabilitate the harpsichord and restore it to its rightful position in the mainstream of concert instruments. Mahan has recorded the complete cycle of Bach’s keyboard concerti and describes playing his music as “engaging with eternity”.
Tickets: £39 £29 £17
Box Office: 01225 463362
Event Code: BF5
Supported by John Whibley “Holidays with Music”