Mahan Esfahani
plays Bach Concertos

Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar

Sun 17 Sept 7.30pm

Duration: 2 hours approx

Book this concert £26.25 / £21 / £15.75

Harpsichord Concerto in F minor BWV 1056

Variations on Les Folies d’Espagne

Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 1052

Harpsichord Concerto in E major BWV 1053
Harpsichord Concerto in A major BWV 1055

Harpsichord


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Photo credit: Kaja Smith

Mahan Esfahani’s final concert as our Artist in Residence is a spectacular tribute to JS Bach’s lavish gifts as a keyboard composer. His concertos for solo harpsichord are thought to have been arrangements of earlier works that he wrote while serving at the royal court of Köthen. Later, in Leipzig in the late 1730s, he seems to have written them out in a single manuscript, perhaps for performance in the concerts he directed at Zimmermann’s coffee house. Their richness of invention is matched by Carl Philipp Emmanuel in his 12 Variations on the famous ‘Follia’ theme.

(Photo: Kaja Smith)

There is no questioning Esfahani's inquiring mind and absolute mastery of his instrument.

Gramophone

Seating Plan

See ticket prices for Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar below.

Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar

Dunbar Parish Church, Gillespie Graham's grand red sandstone gothic church of 1821 stands proudly looking out to sea.

Damaged by fire in 1987, its spacious interior was restored with a colourful mix of ancient and modern features including an elaborate early 17th Century monument to the Earl of Dunbar and some fine 1990 stained glass by Shona McInnes and Douglas Hogg.

Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar

Address

Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar
EH42 1LB

Getting there by bus

The following buses pass through Dunbar. Pleasae check time tables before booking your tickets:
EAST COAST BUSES: x7, 106
EVES COACHES: 120

Getting there by train

Dunbar train station is a short walk from the church.

Getting there by car

Dunbar is just off the A1.

Accessibility

Parking:

There is free car parking around the town.

We can offer 3 spaces inside the church grounds for blue badge holders. Please email [email protected] to book a space, subject to availability and on a first come first served basis.

Terrain:

Tarmac.

Induction Loop:
Yes

Toilets:
Ladies and gents on ground (one adapted toilet) and first floors.

Wheelchair Access:

Sloped tarmac path to church. Level access into venue.

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