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Mahan Esfahani & Viano Quartet
Saturday, June 29 :: 5 PM
Program

Saturday, June 29 :: 5 PM

MAHAN ESFAHANI, harpsichord
VIANO STRING QUARTET

Harriet Langley, violin | Amelia Dietrich, violin
Chih-Ta Chen, viola | Audrey Chen, cello


TRIO SONATA IN C MINOR, WQ. 161/1, H. 579 (CONVERSATION 
 BETWEEN A SANGUINEUS AND A MELANCHOLICUS) (1746)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-88)

Allegretto – Presto –   

Adagio 

Allegro

 

“GULLIVER SUITE” FOR 2 VIOLINS, FROM DER GETREUE 
 MUSIC-MEISTER, 
TWV 40:108 (publ. 1728/9)

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Intrada

Lilliputian Chaconne

Brobdingnagian Gigue

Laputians’ reverie and their attendant Flappers 

Loure of the well-mannered Houyhnhnms & Wild dance of the untamed Yahoos

 

HARPSICHORD QUINTET: MR BRYARS, HIS SORROW AT MISS BLEY, HER PASSING (2023-4)

Gavin Bryars (b. 1943)

 

Co-commissioned by Rockport Music

 

:: INTERMISSION ::

 

FLUTE SONATA IN G MAJOR, WQ. 133, H. 564 (1786)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-88)

Allegretto – 

Rondo: Presto

Movement

 

BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 5, IN D MAJOR, BWV 1050 (C. 1720)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Allegro   

Affettuoso 

Allegro


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