Return to Improvisation

Published: Dec. 20, 2011, 7 p.m.

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.

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Hosted by Seth Boustead
\nProduced by Jesse McQuarters

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Playlist
\n     \u25e6   Bach/Montero: Toccata in d minor, Gabriela Montero, p.EMI 64647
\n     \u25e6   Song of Cerberus, Ens./Thompson Dane recordings 0062
\n     \u25e6   Repercussions, Agrell, hn.; Masunik, p.Wildwind Records 1001
\n     \u25e6   Anon: Sumer is Icumen In, DuendeMSR 1158
\n     \u25e6   Aaron Krister Johnson: Diabolical Suite, I & II, Johnson, p.
\n     \u25e6   Don Malone: Prelude & Toccata (excerpt), David Schrader, p.(live performance)
\n     \u25e6   Steven Snowden: Ground Round, Steve Parker, trombone
\n     \u25e6   Noam Sivan: Improvised introduction to Chopin\u2019s Piano Sonata No. 3, Sivan, p.
\n     \u25e6   David Darling: Chorale, Darling, vc.
\n     \u25e6   Gunnelpumpers: Symphonie Improvis\xe9