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.
Improvisation
Street musicians improvising
Playlist
Toccata in D Minor, by J.S. Bach, arranged by Gabriela Montero
Gabriela Montero, piano
Song of Cerberus, by Walter Thompson
Jeffrey Agrell, french horn; John Manning, tuba; Laura Weaver, trombone; David Hulm, poet
Repercussions, by Jeffrey Agrell and Evan Mazunik
Jeffrey Agrell, horn; Evan Mazunik, piano
Sumer is Icumen In
Diabolical Suite I & II, by Aaron Krister Johnson
Aaron Krister Johnson, piano
Prelude & Toccata, by Don Malone
David Schrader, piano
Ground Round, by Steven Snowden
Steve Parker, trombone
Piano Sonata No. 3, by Frédéric Chopin, improvisation by Noam Sivan
Noam Sivan, piano
Chorale Darling, vc., by David Darling
Symphonie Improvisé, by Gunnelpumpers