Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert - City of London Festival 2010 - Mahan Esfahani

BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Mahan Esfahani performs Portuguese harpsichord music from the court of King João V from the Guild Church of St Margaret Pattens as part of this year's City of London Festival. A patron of the arts, King João V was King of Portugal and Prince of Brazil from 1706 to 1750, and this concert features music by Storace, Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti, Carvalho, de Seixas and Cabanilles. Esfahani performs on a rare harpsichord from 1763, heard here for the first time in public. Penny Gore presents. STORACE, ed. Mahan Esfahani Passagagli, from 'Selva di Varie Compositioni' A. SCARLATTI Variazioni sulla Follia di Spagna DE SEIXAS Toccata e Minuete in D minor Sonata e Minuete in G minor CARVALHO Toccata in G minor D. SCARLATTI Fuga in F sharp minor, K25 Fuga in G minor, K30 Sonata in D major, K29 CABANILLES Passacalles Tiento de Batalla de octavo Tono Mahan Esfahani - harpsichord.