Return to Improvisation

Something of a lost art, improvisation in classical music is
making a  comeback in a big way thanks to composers like
Steven Snowden, Don  Malone, and Aaron Johnson. Teaming up
with fantastic performers, they  prove that improvisation
very much has a place in the modern concert  hall.


Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters


Playlist
       Bach/Montero: Toccata in d
minor, Gabriela Montero, p.EMI 64647
       Song of Cerberus,
Ens./Thompson Dane recordings 0062
       Repercussions, Agrell, hn.;
Masunik, p.Wildwind Records 1001
       Anon: Sumer is Icumen In,
DuendeMSR 1158
       Aaron Krister Johnson:
Diabolical Suite, I & II, Johnson, p.
       Don Malone: Prelude &
Toccata (excerpt), David Schrader, p.(live performance)
       Steven Snowden: Ground
Round, Steve Parker, trombone
       Noam Sivan: Improvised
introduction to Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 3, Sivan, p.
       David Darling: Chorale,
Darling, vc.
       Gunnelpumpers: Symphonie
Improvisé