Britten Sinfonia and M. Esfahani: Radio 3 in Concert: Thursday 9th

[doversoul1]

An interesting concert on air at the moment.

Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani plays Scarlatti sonatas and concertos by De Falla and Francisco Coll with the Britten Sinfonia.
Recorded 3 February at Milton Court, London
Presented by Ian Skelly

Soler: Overture from Villancico al Santissimo 'Alentad armonias'
Domenico Scarlatti, arr. John Woolrich: 3 Harpsichord Sonatas
Francisco Coll: Harpsichord Concerto (world premiere)

8.10: interval

De Falla: Harpsichord Concerto
Scarlatti: 4 Harpsichord Sonatas
De Falla: El amor brujo

Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
Claudia Huckle (contralto)
Britten Sinfonia
Thomas Gould (violin/director)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08chb5y

[ed.] ...and a couple of lovely Spanish Baroque vocal pieces in the interval.

[MrGongGong]

The De Falla: Harpsichord Concerto
is a rather extraordinary piece indeed

[doversoul1]

The De Falla: Harpsichord Concerto
is a rather extraordinary piece indeed

It was quite extraordinary.